Jefferson County AlArchives Military Records.....Henley, Courtney S. 1918
WWI 327th Infantry, 82d Division
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Courtney S. Henley, captain, Company M, 327th Infantry, 82d Division. For
extraordinary heroism in action north of the Sommerunce-St. Juvln road on
October 11, 1918. Capt. Henley led a party of three enlisted men in an attack on
an enemy machine-gun position, which was doing considerable damage to our
forces. Under intense hostile fire his attack drove the enemy gunners from the
machine-gun nest. Residence at appointment: 901 South Nineteenth Street,
Birmingham, 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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