By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant Commander (Dental Corps) Alexander Gordon Lyle, United States Navy, is cited by the Commanding General, SECOND DIVISION A.E.F., for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Lieutenant Commander Lyle distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer with the Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action against the enemy in the Soissons Sector, France, during World War I.

By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Lieutenant Commander (Dental Corps) Alexander Gordon Lyle, United States Navy, is cited by the Commanding General, SECOND DIVISION A.E.F., for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Lieutenant Commander Lyle distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Officer with the Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action in the Verdun Sector, France, 23 April 1918. Lieutenant Commander Lyle did, under heavy shell fire, on 23 April 1918, rush to the assistance of Corporal Thomas Regan, Supply Company, Fifth Regiment, U.S. Marine Corps, who was seriously wounded, effectively controlling hemorrhage from the femoral artery before bombardment had finished and at the very peril of his own life, saved that of Corporal Regan.