Calhoun County AlArchives Military Records.....Jeffers, Lamar 1918
WWI 326th Infantry
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Lamar Jeffers, captain, 326th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action
near St. Juvin, France, October 11, 1918. On the night of October 10, Capt.
Jeffers reconnoitered a badly damaged bridge, and early in the morning of the
11th, he supervised its repair, being continuously under an intense machine-gun
fire. He later led the leading company of the battalion over this bridge and
across an open and level terrain, where all of his officers and almost
two-thirds of his men became casualties and he himself was, seriously wounded.
He continued to lead his company forward, however, until he fell, shot through
the jaw with a machine-gun bullet. Address: Care of The Adjutant General of the
Army, Washington, D. C.   Residence at appointment: Anniston, Ala.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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