Pima County AZ Archives Military Records.....King, Richard E. 1918
WWI 340th Field Artillery
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Richard E. King, private, Headquarters Detachment, 340th Field Artillery. For
extraordinary heroism in action near Marimbois Farm, France, November 4, 1018.
Assisting an officer in establishing communication with the advancing Infantry,
Pvt. King reached Marimbois Farm, where he found the place occupied by the
enemy. Armed with hand grenades, he advanced on a dugout, where he routed out 17
of the enemy, bringing them back to our lines in the midst of severe shell and
machine-gun fire. Residence at enlistment: West Alameda Street, Tucson, 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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