Indian Campaigns Recipients of the Army Distinguished Service Medal

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

ALLEN, LUCIUS A.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Lucius A. Allen, Private, U.S. Army, for most distinguished courage and bravery beyond the call of duty while serving as a member of Company D, 12th Cavalry Regiment, in continuing his efforts to save a drowning comrade after having been seized and almost drowned himself in the Rio Grande River, near Donna, Texas, on 27 May 1914.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Buncombe County, North Carolina
Home Town: St. Elmo, Tennessee

ANDERSON, LEVI
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Levi Anderson, Private, U.S. Army, for risking his life in going to the rescue of a drowning comrade on 6 July 1911, at Mallets Bay, near Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, while serving as a member of Troop D, 10th Cavalry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Williamsburg, South Carolina
Home Town: Allegheny, Pennsylvania

BEASLEY, HALBERT M.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Halbert M. Beasley, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for distinguished service as a member of the Army Hospital Corps. Being injured himself, Sergeant Beasley rendered aid to others injured in a wreck at Buckatunna, Mississippi, on 19 October 1913.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Granville County, North Carolina
Home Town: Kinston, North Carolina

BELMONT, JOHN
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to John Belmont, Private, U.S. Army, for heroic efforts to his own extreme exhaustion and danger while serving as a member of Company B, 23d Infantry Regiment, which resulted in saving a comrade from drowning at Galveston, Texas, on 18 June 1914.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Haverhill, Massachusetts
Home Town: Haverhill, Massachusetts

CAMPBELL, ROBERT M.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Robert M. Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel (Cavalry), U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility while serving as Military Attaché at Mexico City, Mexico.
War Department, General Orders No. 124 (1919)
Born: at Owings Mills, Maryland
Home Town: Owings Mills, Maryland

CORBETT, JOHN E.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to John E. Corbett, Recruit, U.S. Army, for distinguished service on 22 June 1912, at Fort Slocum, New York, for rescuing a fellow soldier from drowning at the risk of his own life.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Long Island City, New York
Home Town: Brooklyn, New York

DELANEY, MICHAEL J.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Michael J. Delaney, Private, U.S. Army, for bravery in rescuing a comrade from drowning at Fort McKinley, Maine, on 30 April 1913, while serving as a member of the 24th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Portland, Maine
Home Town: Portland, Maine

EVERSOLE, JOSEPH
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Joseph Eversole, Corporal, U.S. Army, for saving a fellow soldier from drowning at the risk of his own life, at Nagasaki, Japan, on 7 September 1917, while serving as a member of Company H, 8th Infantry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Perry County, Kentucky
Home Town: Dutton, Arkansas

FEARNLEY, ARTHUR
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Arthur Fearnley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for courage and tenacity of purpose in the face of dangers both known and unknown while searching for a comrade who had been lost in the Koolan Range, Oahu, Hawaii, on 8 April 1914, while serving as a member of the 75th Company, Coast Artillery Corps.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Wichita, Kansas
Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

HIRTLE, DAN WARFIELD
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Dan Warfield Hirtle, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for heroism while serving as a member of the 15th Company, Rhode Island Coast Artillery Regiment, in freely and at the risk of his own life entering a burning building and rescuing an inmate at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on 6 April 1917.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Malden, Massachusetts
Home Town: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

JONES, WILLIE R.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Willie R. Jones, Private, U.S. Army, for saving a comrade from drowning at the risk of his own life at Vera Cruz, Mexico, on 1 September 1914, while serving as a member of Battery A, 4th Field Artillery Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Atlanta, Georgia
Home Town: Atlanta, Georgia

LEWIS, OLIVER
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Oliver Lewis, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for saving a girl from drowning at the risk of his own life at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on 27 July 1915, while serving as a member of the 72d Company, Coast Artillery Corps.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Nebo, North Carolina
Home Town: Nebo, North Carolina

LONGACRE, BENJAMIN F.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Benjamin F. Longacre, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for saving a comrade from drowning at the risk of his own life at Louisville, Colorado, on 8 July 1914, while serving as a member of Troop F, 12th Cavalry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Home Town: Lewistown, Pennsylvania

NEWHOUSE, ROBERT
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Robert Newhouse, Private, U.S. Army, for rescuing a fellow soldier from drowning at the risk of his own life on 12 November 1914, near Camp McGrath, Philippine Islands, while serving as a member of Company K, 24th Infantry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Chicago, Illinois
Home Town: Chicago, Illinois

PARKER, JAMES
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to James Parker, Major General, U.S. Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility. General Parker served with great distinction as Commander of the Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 31 March 1917 to 25 August 1917; and as Division Commander, 33d Division, from 25 August to 11 December 1917, Division Commander, 85th Division 11 December 1917 to 20 February 1918, when having reached the statutory age he was retired from active service. In these positions of great responsibility he displayed rare and outstanding leadership, the organizations under command at all times showing the results of sound training, a high state of morale, and discipline. His unusual professional attainments, sound judgment, and devotion to duty were material and important factors in the development of organizations of the American Army, and contributed in a signal way to their successful operations in action against the enemy.
War Department, General Orders No. 15 (23)
Born: at Newark, New Jersey
Home Town: Newark, New Jersey
Personal Awards: Medal of Honor (Philippine Insurrection), Army Distinguished Service Medal

ROWBOTTOM, HENRY T.
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Henry T. Rowbottom, First Class Private, U.S. Army, for rescuing two soldiers clinging to a capsized canoe in the Yukon River, Alaska, on 3 July 1913, while serving with the Signal Corps.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at England Home Town: Valdez, Alaska

STEIGER, EDWARD
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Edward Steiger, Private, U.S. Army, for assisting in the rescue of a fellow soldier from drowning at the risk of his own life in the sea near Halelwa, Hawaii, on 22 October 1914, while serving as a member of Company C, 1st Infantry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Germany Home Town: Detroit, Michigan

VAN CAMPEN, HIEL
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Hiel Van Campen, Private, U.S. Army, for his assistance in saving a comrade from drowning at great risk of his own life near Haleiwa, Hawaiian Islands, on 22 October 1914, while serving as a member of Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Jeffersonville, Indiana
Home Town: Jeffersonville, Indiana

VENUS, CHARLES
Citation:
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Charles Venus, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary courage while serving as a member of Company I, 23d Infantry Regiment, in swimming and wading to shore from a capsized boat and guiding a rescue boat to the relief of three comrades whom had had left on the upturned hull in Galveston Bay, Texas, on 29 June 1914.
D.S.M. issued in lieu of the Certificate of Merit under the provisions of the act of Congress July 9, 1918)
Born: at Lawrenceville, Illinois
Home Town: Lawrenceville, Illinois

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