Stanislaus County CA Archives Military Records.....Boardman, William 1918
WWI 59th Infantry, 4th Division, Co. A
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
   Guy W. Boardman (Army serial No. 2280987), private, Company A, 59th Infantry, 4th
Division. For extraordinary heroism in action near Courchamps, France, July 19,
1918. Though he had been wounded in the ankle, Pvt. Boardman crawled out from a
shell hole under heavy machine-gun fire and made several trips to a small stream 100
yards away for the purpose of filling the canteens of his wounded comrades, until he
was ordered to the rear for medical aid. He was later killed in action while
charging an enemy machine-gun nest-Emergency address: Mrs. William Boardman, mother,
Hughson, Calif. Residence at enlistment: Hughson, 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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