CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM A. Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army
321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F.Date of Action: October 12, 1918Citation:The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Cunningham, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F., near Sommerance, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Cunningham, though painfully wounded in the face by shrapnel when his battalion was seriously engaged, continued to lead his men through heavy shell fire, leading them with skill and inspiring them with courage.• General Orders No. 13, War Department, 1919Born: at Nashville, TennesseeHome Town: Athens, Georgia∼Col US Army
Bur 19 Aug 1968
321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F.Date of Action: October 12, 1918Citation:The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Cunningham, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F., near Sommerance, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Cunningham, though painfully wounded in the face by shrapnel when his battalion was seriously engaged, continued to lead his men through heavy shell fire, leading them with skill and inspiring them with courage.• General Orders No. 13, War Department, 1919Born: at Nashville, TennesseeHome Town: Athens, Georgia∼Col US Army
Bur 19 Aug 1968
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM A. Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army
321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F.Date of Action: October 12, 1918Citation:The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Cunningham, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F., near Sommerance, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Cunningham, though painfully wounded in the face by shrapnel when his battalion was seriously engaged, continued to lead his men through heavy shell fire, leading them with skill and inspiring them with courage.• General Orders No. 13, War Department, 1919Born: at Nashville, TennesseeHome Town: Athens, Georgia∼Col US Army
Bur 19 Aug 1968
321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F.Date of Action: October 12, 1918Citation:The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Cunningham, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 321st Machine-Gun Battalion, 82d Division, A.E.F., near Sommerance, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Cunningham, though painfully wounded in the face by shrapnel when his battalion was seriously engaged, continued to lead his men through heavy shell fire, leading them with skill and inspiring them with courage.• General Orders No. 13, War Department, 1919Born: at Nashville, TennesseeHome Town: Athens, Georgia∼Col US Army
Bur 19 Aug 1968
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