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First Name: Claude

Last Name: Mason

Birthplace: Wadestown, WV, USA

Gender: Male

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: El Paso, TX
Middle Name: H.



Date of Birth: 08 October 1885

Date of Death: 13 January 1958

Rank: Captain

Years Served: 1917-1919
Dr. Claude Hutchinson Mason

   
Engagements:
•  World War I (1914 - 1918)

Biography:

Dr. Claude Hutchinson Mason

Captain, U. S. Army Medical Corps

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders 87 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Claude H. Mason, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, A.E.F., near St. Etienne, France, October 8 - 10, 1918.
On 8 October Lieutenant Mason followed the wave of attack under heavy shell and sniper fire, and maintained an aid station with no protection, near the front lines, giving first aid to the wounded and evacuating the injured from a heavily shelled area, for a period of three days.

On 10 May 1919 awarded the French Legion d'Honneur.

On 19 April 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm.

On 2 March 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with gilt star.



Origin of Nickname/Handle:

Texas WWI Exceptional Gallantry

Honoree ID: 315957   Created by: drjones46

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