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Service Number -1390201

Company L 2nd Platoon

Company L Muster Roll November -December 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 18 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company B 349th INF to 33rd DIV per SO#62 Hdq 88th DIV dtd 25 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 4 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. Promoted to PFC per O#6 dtd 1 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. Corporal per RSO#111 dtd 10 May 1918. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Corporal. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Corporal. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Sergeant. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: ATTACHED. Listed as Sergeant. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Sergeant. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Sergeant. Absent with Leave 25th. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Sergeant. Rejoined 11 March 1919. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Sergeant. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Sergeant.

Sgt. James Reynolds of Co. L had the special mission assigned to him of mopping up enemy positions. He ran into three machine guns which were still in operation. He captured the crews and brought them in as prisoners. He cleaned out 3 machine gun nests Battle of Bois de Fays. Captured the crews and brought them in as prisoners.

Cited for gallantry in action by General Pershing and General Bell. The Silver Star Medal is the United States’ third highest award exclusively for combat valor. The Silver Star was not established as an individual medal until July 19, 1932. At that time, veterans of World War I who had been cited for “gallantry in action” and awarded the “Citation Star” were, based upon specific criteria, authorized to request issuance of the Silver Star Medal in lieu of the earlier ribbon device.