Los Angeles County CA Archives Military Records.....Bower, James R. 1918
WWI 362d Infantry, Co. L
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
   James R. Bower, private, Company L, 362d Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in
action near Gesnes, France, September 29, 1918. He was with his company commander
and three other soldiers firing at Germans in trees, when he observed another group
of the enemy about to open fire on his party. He directed attention toward the enemy
in order to warn his company commander and other soldiers; in so doing he drew the
first shots from the Germans and was killed. Emergency address: J. M. Bower, father,
105 South Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, Calif. Residence at enlistment: 105 South Mentor
Avenue, Pasadena, Calif.

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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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