The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 13, 1919, Image 8
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Moot rtrikin* totancM
of gallantry for which
th? DiKmguitKfKl Service
Oom ItM Uw ?w?r<y >
Among the thousand* of Ameri
can soldier s who were awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross for con -
spicxtous bravery on the field of bat
tle in France, there were a fsw
whose feats were of such an unusual
character as to stand out above the
other *. General Pershing's staff has
.selected a number of these most
notable cases of bravery tin the part
of the fighting Americans, and a
few of them are given below. They
present only a few of the thousands
of acts of heroism that are given
recognition in the official records of
the war department.
OSCAR P. MILLER,
Major, 361st Infantry.
MaJ. Miller received the Distinguish
ed Service Cross for conspicuous gal
lantry In action neur Gesnes, Prance,
September 28, 1918. After two days
of Intense physical and mental strain,
during which MaJ. Miller hnd led his
battalion in the front line of the ad
vance, through the forest of Argonne,
the enemy was met in a prepared po
sition south of (Vsncs. Though til
moKt exhausted, he energetically re
organized his battalion andL '-ordered
an attack. -Upon jreaching open
ground, the advancing line began to
waver In the face of machine gun fire
from the front and flapks and direct
artillery Are. Personally leading his
"Command group forward between his
front line companies, MaJ. Miller in
spired his men by his personal cour
nge and they again pressed on toward
the hostile position. As this officer
led the renewed attack he was shot
in the right leg, but he nevertheless
staggered forward at the h(?ad of bis
command. Soon afterward be wan
again shot in the right arm, but he
continued the charge, personally cheer
ing his troops on through the heavy
machine gun fire. Just before the ob
jective was reached he received a
wound in the abdomen, which forced
him to the/ground, but he continued
to urge his men on, telling them to
push on to the next ridge and leave
him where he lay. He died from his
wounds a few days later. MnJ. Mil
ler's widow lives at 1727 West Fifty
first street, Los Angeles, CaL
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HENRY Q. COSTON,
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Private, Company, H, 16th
Infantry..'
Conspicuous gallantry resulting la
wounds which caused his death won
the Distinguished -Service Cross for
Private Coston. Near Bol.s de Con
senvoye, France. October 8, 1018, when
the advance of his platoon had been
held up by machine gun fire, and a
request was made for an nutomatic
rifle team to charge the nest, Private
Coston was the first to volunteer. Go
ing forward with his team under ter
rific fire of enemy artillery, machine
guns and trench mortars. ' Private Cos
ton continued to advance after all his
comrades had become casualties and
he himself hnd received serious
wounds. He operated his gun until he
collapsed, but his act resulted In the
capture of about 100 prisoners and
several machine guns. He died short
ly after from the effects ? of his
wounds. Private Coston's widow
lives at OlfS Mason avenue, Cape
Charles, Va.
JESSE N. FUNK,
Private, First Class, Co. L, 354th
Infantry.
Private Funk received the Distin
guished Service * Cross for conspicu
ous gallantry In action near Bois de
Buntheville, France, October 31, 1918.
Learning that two daylight patrols
had been caught out in No Man's Land
and were unable to return, Private
Funk and another stretcher bearer,
upon their own Initiative, made two
trips five hundred yards beyond our
lines, under constant machine gun fire
and rescued two wounded officers. Ills
father, Martin Funk, lives In Calhan,
Colo.
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JOSEPH A. BUFFALO,
Private, Company F, 258th Infantry.
Private Buffalo, who lives with his
mother, Mrs. Pearl E. Ruffalo, at Box
by, Okla.. was decorated for extraordi
nary heroism in action near Fey-en
Have, France, September 12, 1918. Al
though he was seriously wounded early
In action, Private Buffalo remained In
the fight throughout the day, leading
small parties of men against machine
gun emplacements, killing two of the
enemy himself and refusing to he
evacuated until late at night, unable
to fight further.
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CLIFFORD E. MELLEN,
Private, Company A, 104th
Infantry.
Disregard of his own safety In an
effort to nave his comrades won the
Distinguished Service Cross for Pri
vate Mellen. The act was performed
In the Bols Haumont, France, Octo
ber 1/>, T918. Private Mellen, an offi
cer, and eight other soldlera, were ?or
ronnded by the enemy la a shell bol%
luto which ?n enemy grenada w?*
thrown, landing directly In the midst
of the groap, I >! i ? Kitrtllnf hla owl
safety, thl* soldier seised the grenade
and attempted to throw It out, but It
exploded in his hand Just as he sue
CMded getting It ubove the level of
the ground. HU prompt action saved
the lives of the men In the shell hole,
but he \vu? severely wounded. Prt
vat* Mellen lives with his mother, Mrs.
Elisabeth Mellen. 29 Worcester street.
Worcester, Mass.
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PARKER C. DUNN,
Private, First Class, 1st Battel left,
*? 312th Infantry.
Private Dunn (deceased) was deco
rated for conspicuous gallantry In ac
tlon dear Grande-Pre, France, October
29 ,1018. When his battalion comman
der found It neceasury to send a ines
sa|e to a company In the attacking
line and hesitated to order ? runner
to make the trip because of the ex
treme danger Involved, Private Dunn,
a member of the Intelligence section,
volunteered for the mission. After ad
vancing but a short distance acroea a
field swept by artillery and machine
gun flre he was wounded a second
time. Sftll undaunted, he persistently
attempted tp carry out hla mlaalon un
til he waa killed by a machine gun
bullet before reaching the advanced
line. He lived In Albany, N. Y.
ALEXANDER R. 8KINKER,
Captain, 138th Infantry.
Capt. Alexander R. 8k Inker (de
ceased) was decorated for conspicuous
gallantry In action at Oheppy, France,
September 26. 1918. Unwilling to sac
rifice his men when his company was
held up by terrific machine gun flre
from iron pill* boxes In the Hlnden
burg line, Captain Sklnker personally
led an automatic rifleman and/a car
rier in an attack on the machine guns.
The carrier was killed instantly, but
Captain Sklnker seized the ammuni
tion and continued through an opening
in the barbed wire, feeding the auto
matic rifle until he wos killed, torn
His widow lives at 6-10 Elmwood ave
nue, St. Louis, Mo.
PATRICK GARRITY,
Private Company C, 354th
Infantry.
Private Garrlty wos decorated for
conspicuous bravery In action near
Remonvllle, France, November 1, 1918.
When his company was advancing
ncross an open field an enemy machine
gun opened fire upon It from the left
front. Private Garrlty and t^o other
soldiers being on that Hank of the com
pany. Immediately advanced upon It.
His two comrades were shot down,
but Private Garrlty f^ffVartCed alone at
a run; and with hfs bayonet drove
the three Germans from their guns
Into a neur-by dugout, capturing them
and the gun. Private" Garrlty's home
address Is 3741 Keninore avenue, Chl
jcago. 111. .
ROBERT L. BLACKWELL,
Private, Co. K, 119th Infantry.
Robert Hi. Blackwell (deceased) was
decorated for conspicuous gallantry In
action near St. Souplet, France, Octo
ber 11, 1018. When his platoon was
almost surrounded by the enemy and
his platoon commander asked for vol
unteers to carry a message calling
for reinforcements, Private Blackwell
volitaieered for this mission, well
knowing the extreme danger connected
with It. In attempting to get through"
the heavy shell and machine gun fire
this gallant soldier was killed. The
address of his father is James B.
Blackwell, R. F. D. No 2, Hlndles,
N. C.
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CLAYTON K. SLACK,
Private, Company D, 124th M. Q. B.
Private Slack received the Distin
guished Service Cross for consplcuour
intrepidity In action near Consenvoye,
France, October 8, 1018. .Observing
German soldiers under cover fifty
yards away on the left .flank, Private
Slack, upon his own initiative, rushed
them with his rifle, and single-handed
captured ten prisoners affljUjbvo neavy
tuacfclne guns, thus saving ffls com-"
pany and neighboring organizations"1
from heavy casualties. His home
is with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Mae
Slack, Lampson, Wis.
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HOWARD E. MADSEN,
Sergeant, Co. D, 115th Infantry.
Sergeant Madsen was decorated for
conspicuous gallantry in action at
Bols-de-Consenvoye, France, October
22, 1018. When the platoon which he
was commanding was held up by an
enemy machine gun nest, Sergeant
Madsen, taking an armful of grenades,
advanced alone over ground swept by
machine gun fife, put the machine gun
out of action, routed the enemy and
permitted the platoon to advance with
out casualties. His mother1, Mrs. Mary
V. Madsen, lives in Baltimore, Md.
Chicken on a Jag.
A chicken owned by a woman living
near Jefferson ville, Ind., ^'got on a
Jag" a day or two ago but it was the
owner's fault, the chicken might plead.
She had some whisky pat away, used
on physician's prescription for her
heart. The chicken was sick and she
diagnosed the case as heart trouble so
thought she would try the same rem
edy. She gave It "the tiniest drop,"
but the chicken did not need much.
Neighbors say they are satisfied the
chicken was cured, but it Immediately
begnn a furious war danee, exempli*
fled the different steps of all the differ*
ent redskin tribes, passed from these
to the waltz, two-step, one-step:
other dances not yet invented, and ao
cording tr the faithful narrator tried
to ?1ml* 'The Star-Spangled Banner,*
hut this Is prdhably an exaggeration,
even if cot actually untrue.
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