| WWI | Glenn Vaught | |
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| Headline | Distinguished Service Cross Citation | |
| Text - Outline | "Corporal Glen Vaught Company A 129th Machine Gun Battalion, distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy of the United States at Varennes, France on September 26, 1918 and in recognition of his gallant conduct I have awarded him in the name of the President, the Distinguished Service Cross, awarded June 4, 1919. John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief" The Monett Times gives the following account of the work done by young Vaught which merited the citation: "The act of valor for which Vaught was cited was one of pure dare devil try. It was at the beginning of the Argonne Forest Drive. The company was being held up by the enemy's fire just prior to taking Varennes a town of some size that lay within the sector assigned to he 35th Division. Sergeant Raymond I. Locke, of Clinton and Corporal Glen Vaught, of Monett, armed with German rifles which they had salvaged, went forward to reconnoiter an enemy gun position. This gun, or field piece, had been troubling the company for sometime, the enemy snipping with this 77 mm. These two non-coms, from a favorable position, rushed the gun, killing and wounding the crew and capturing the piece. This "stunt" was not exceeded by many who received the D. S. C." |
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| Newspaper | Cassville Republican | |
| Date | Thursday, July 17, 1919 | |
| Death Cert Link | - | |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm | |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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