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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    3d Ammunition Train

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 2, 1918

    Headquarters, 3d Division, A.E.F., Citation Orders No. 22 (July 8, 1919)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Sergeant Thomas C. O’Hearn, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving with Company G, 3d Ammunition Train, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Sergeant O’Hearn displayed exceptional courage in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 2 October 1918. Under heavy enemy fire he stopped and unhitched a runaway team carrying a load of captured grenades straight into the infantry positions, by his action doubtless saving lives and avoiding disclosure of the positions.