Allen Benjamin Tilghman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allen Benjamin Tilghman, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 83d Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, June 6 – 8, 1918. Corporal Tilghman, with Joseph A. Darges and Howard Childs, Corporals, and Herman L. McLeod, Private, all of the same company, were prominent in the attack on enemy machine-gun positions in the Bois de Belleau on June 6 and 8, 1918. They were foremost in their company and at all times acquitted themselves with such distinction that they were an example for the remainder of their command.

The Navy Cross is presented to Allen Benjamin Tilghman, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 83d Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, June 6 – 8, 1918. Corporal Tilghman, with Joseph A. Darges and Howard Childs, Corporals, and Herman L. McLeod, Private, all of the same company, were prominent in the attack on enemy machine-gun positions in the Bois de Belleau on June 6 and 8, 1918. They were foremost in their company and at all times acquitted themselves with such distinction that they were an example for the remainder of their command.