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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    3d Ammunition Train

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26 – November 11, 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), Corporal Ray Puckett, 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 B, 3d Ammunition Train, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Corporal Puckett rendered valuable services during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 26 September to 11 November 1918. He often voluntarily stopped with his truck to pick up wounded on heavily shelled roads and carried them to the First Aid Station.