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Walter J. Bailey Illinois WWI Service Campaign Cross Medal w/Hat as Pictured. $10 Domestic Shipping.Walter J. BaileyPLACE OF BIRTH:Oquawka, IllinoisHOME OF RECORD:Lansing, IowaAWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:1 of 1Distinguished Service CrossAWARDED FOR ACTIONSDURING World War IService: ArmyDivision: 82d Division, American Expeditionary ForcesGENERAL ORDERS:War Department, General Orders 78 (1919)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 Walter J. Bailey (ASN: 214742), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, A.E.F., near St. Juvin, France, 12 October 1918. Securing a captured German machine gun, Private Bailey operated it against the enemy from an exposed position until he was wounded and rendered unconscious by an enemy shell.
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