Herbert S. Hilburn
Place of Birth: Texas, Fleming
Home of record: Plainview, Texas
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Distinguished Service Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Herbert S. Hilburn, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 2 November 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Captain Hilburn repeatedly went to the rear of his company to rally and reorganize it, and then rushed forward to lead his men on. Having taken the town of Villers-devant-Dun and the crest beyond, he held it with only 16 men until the next morning against superior numbers of the enemy.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)
Action Date: 2-Nov-18
Service: Army
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 359th Infantry Regiment [Company H]
Division: 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
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Herbert Hilburn was Editor of Plainview Herald newspaper. He was married to 1) unknown to me 2)Mary Elizabeth Riddle and 3) Grace Riddle Reed 10 Sept 1965. Grace is buried in Tulsa, OK. Grace was sister to Mary Elizabeth Riddle.
Place of Birth: Texas, Fleming
Home of record: Plainview, Texas
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Distinguished Service Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Herbert S. Hilburn, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 2 November 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Captain Hilburn repeatedly went to the rear of his company to rally and reorganize it, and then rushed forward to lead his men on. Having taken the town of Villers-devant-Dun and the crest beyond, he held it with only 16 men until the next morning against superior numbers of the enemy.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)
Action Date: 2-Nov-18
Service: Army
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 359th Infantry Regiment [Company H]
Division: 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
_______________________
Herbert Hilburn was Editor of Plainview Herald newspaper. He was married to 1) unknown to me 2)Mary Elizabeth Riddle and 3) Grace Riddle Reed 10 Sept 1965. Grace is buried in Tulsa, OK. Grace was sister to Mary Elizabeth Riddle.
Herbert S. Hilburn
Place of Birth: Texas, Fleming
Home of record: Plainview, Texas
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Distinguished Service Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Herbert S. Hilburn, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 2 November 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Captain Hilburn repeatedly went to the rear of his company to rally and reorganize it, and then rushed forward to lead his men on. Having taken the town of Villers-devant-Dun and the crest beyond, he held it with only 16 men until the next morning against superior numbers of the enemy.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)
Action Date: 2-Nov-18
Service: Army
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 359th Infantry Regiment [Company H]
Division: 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
_______________________
Herbert Hilburn was Editor of Plainview Herald newspaper. He was married to 1) unknown to me 2)Mary Elizabeth Riddle and 3) Grace Riddle Reed 10 Sept 1965. Grace is buried in Tulsa, OK. Grace was sister to Mary Elizabeth Riddle.
Place of Birth: Texas, Fleming
Home of record: Plainview, Texas
AWARDS AND CITATIONS
Distinguished Service Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Infantry) Herbert S. Hilburn, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, A.E.F., near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 2 November 1918. Under heavy machine-gun fire, Captain Hilburn repeatedly went to the rear of his company to rally and reorganize it, and then rushed forward to lead his men on. Having taken the town of Villers-devant-Dun and the crest beyond, he held it with only 16 men until the next morning against superior numbers of the enemy.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 46 (1919)
Action Date: 2-Nov-18
Service: Army
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 359th Infantry Regiment [Company H]
Division: 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
_______________________
Herbert Hilburn was Editor of Plainview Herald newspaper. He was married to 1) unknown to me 2)Mary Elizabeth Riddle and 3) Grace Riddle Reed 10 Sept 1965. Grace is buried in Tulsa, OK. Grace was sister to Mary Elizabeth Riddle.
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