Pfc 150th Field Artillery, 42d (Rainbow) Division WW1
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
Citation:
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 Private First Class Dudley R. Gibbs (ASN: 144499), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 150th Field Artillery, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Fleville, France, 28 October 1918. Acting as courier, Private Gibbs was riding through an intense shelling and, stopping at a cry of help, observed two members of his organization lying in the road. Going to their aid, he found that one man was already dead and the other seriously wounded. He administered aid under most harassing conditions, and assisted in his removal to a dressing station.
Burial info from Arizona, U.S., Death Records, 1887-1960
Pfc 150th Field Artillery, 42d (Rainbow) Division WW1
Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
Citation:
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 Private First Class Dudley R. Gibbs (ASN: 144499), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery E, 150th Field Artillery, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Fleville, France, 28 October 1918. Acting as courier, Private Gibbs was riding through an intense shelling and, stopping at a cry of help, observed two members of his organization lying in the road. Going to their aid, he found that one man was already dead and the other seriously wounded. He administered aid under most harassing conditions, and assisted in his removal to a dressing station.
Burial info from Arizona, U.S., Death Records, 1887-1960
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