By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private Arthur J. Boudreau (ASN: 1048949), 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. Private Boudreau, on duty as truck driver with Headquarters, 3d Field Artillery Brigade, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on the afternoon of 5 October 1918, at Montfaucon, France, used his truck in which he was hauling rations to tow ammunition trucks, disabled by shell fire, along a road which was being subjected to heavy gas and high explosive shell fire, to battery positions at extreme risk to his own life.
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3d Field Artillery BrigadeDivision:
3d Division, American Expeditionary ForcesAction Date:
October 5, 1918
GHQ, American Expeditionary Forces, Citation Orders No. 1 (June 3, 1919)By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Private Arthur J. Boudreau (ASN: 1048949), United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Private Boudreau distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters, 3d Field Artillery Brigade, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action at Montfaucon, France, 5 October 1918, in voluntarily bringing up ammunition under enemy fire.