Mohave County AZ Archives Military Records.....Beach, William B. 1918
WWI 4th Engineers, Co. C
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  William B. Beach, sergeant, first class, Company C, 4th Engineers. For
repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, France,
August 6-8, 1918. Being a member of a covering detachment sent out to protect a
detail which was constructing a bridge over the Vesle River, he voluntarily left
his squad and fought his way alone down the river in order to locate an enemy
machine-gun nest. The flashes from his automatic rifle drew fire from the enemy,
and he was forced to jump into the river for protection. Swimming back to his
squad, he organized a detail and led it in a successful attack on the hostile
position. Two nights later, after the bridge had been destroyed, this soldier,
with three others, volunteered to rebuild it. Under continuous tire from the
enemy, he swam the river several times and set the posts for the bridge, thereby
making possible the infantry attack on the following morning. Residence at
enlistment: Kingman, Ariz.

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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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