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To All Who Shall See These Presents Greeting: This is to Certify that The President of the United States of America Takes Pleasure in Presenting THE  DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL to COMBS, KENRICK B. Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Kenrick B. Combs, Private, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a member of Troop F, 5th Cavalry Regiment, at Milk River, Colorado, on 29 September 1879. D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918) Born: at Stafford County, Virginia HOGAN, THOMAS Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Thomas Hogan, Private, U.S. Army, for bravery as a member of Troop E, 3d Cavalry Regiment, in action with hostile Utes at Milk creek, Colorado, on 29 September 1879. D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918) Born: at Wayne County, Michigan KLINGENSMITH, SAMUEL Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Samuel Klingensmith, Private, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action as a member of Troop F, 5th Cavalry Regiment, at Milk River, Colorado, on 29 September 1879. D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918) Born: at West Newton, Pennsylvania Home Town: Greensburg, Pennsylvania LEWIS, THOMAS Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Thomas Lewis, Private, U.S. Army, for conspicuous bravery as a member of Troop E, 3d Cavalry Regiment, before hostile Utes at Milk Creek, Colorado, on 29 September 1879. D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918) Born: at Burlington, Vermont MAUS, LOUIS M. Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Louis M. Maus, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services on the Belle Fourche River, North Dakota, on 5 November 1877, in that while serving as Assistant Surgeon with a detachment suddenly surrounded by an overwhelming force of hostile Sioux Indians, First Lieutenant Maus succeeded in extricating the party from a most perilous position. War Department, General Orders No. 96 (1918) Born: at Montgomery County, Maryland Home Town: Rockville, Maryland PATTERSON, EUGENE Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Eugene Patterson, Private, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving as a member of Troop F, 5th Cavalry Regiment, on 29 September 1879, at Milk River, Colorado. D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918) Born: at Massillion, Ohio RICE, SEDGWICK Citation: The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Sedgwick Rice, Second Lieutenant (Cavalry), U.S. Army, for services against hostile Indians while serving with the 7th Cavalry near the Catholic Mission on White Clay Creek, South Dakota, on 30 December 1890. War Department, General Orders No. 96 (1918) Born: at St. Paul, Minnesota Home Town: St. Paul, Minnesota

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