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Edward Allworth

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Summary

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Field	Value
name	Edward Christopher Allworth
birth_date
death_date
birth_place	Battle Ground, Washington, U.S.
death_place	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
placeofburial	Crystal Lake Cemetery
Corvallis, Oregon
placeofburial_label	Place of burial
image	Captain Edward C. Allworth.jpg
image_size	130
caption	Captain Edward C. Allworth
allegiance	[[File:Flag of the United States.svg	23px]]United States
serviceyears	1917–1922
rank	[[File:Army-USA-OF-03.svg	23px]]Major
branch	[[File:United States Department of the Army Seal.svg	23px]]United States Army
unit	[[File:US 5th Infantry Division.svg	23px]] 60th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division
battles	World War I

Corvallis, Oregon

Medal of Honor
Purple Heart }} Edward Christopher Allworth (July 6, 1895 – June 24, 1966) was an American officer in the United States Army during World War I.

Biography

Allworth was born in Battle Ground, Washington, Allworth graduated from Oregon State University in 1916. He enlisted at Corvallis, Oregon in 1917 and joined the 60th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Division. On November 5, 1918, mere days from the armistice, Allworth and his company crossed the Meuse River via a canal bridge near the French village of Clery-le-Petit. When shellfire destroyed the bridge and separated the company into two halves, Allworth swam across with some of his men while under fire from the enemy. Leading a subsequent charge towards the enemy lines, he forced them back one kilometre, taking 100 prisoners and thus capturing the bridgehead.

For this action, Allworth received the Medal of Honor in 1919. In 1925, Allworth rejoined the Oregon State University faculty as secretary of the Alumni Association, secretary of the Memorial Union Board of Governors, and manager of the Memorial Union. He published a set of memoirs titled Edward C. Allworth Papers, 1954-1963 before he retired in 1963. He died in Portland, Oregon on June 24, 1966.

Medal of Honor citation

Medal of Honor Presentation Ceremony - February 9, 1919, at Chaumont, France. General [[John J. Pershing]] presided.

Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, 60th Infantry, 5th Division.
Place and date: At Clery-le-Petit, France, November 5, 1918.
Entered service at: Corvallis, Oregon
Born: July 6, 1895, Crawford, Washington
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 16 ( January 22, 1919).

Citation:

Military awards and decorations

Original decorations of WWI Medal of Honor recipient Major Edward C. Allworth in the collection of the United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. First row: Medal of Honor; Purple Heart; World War I Victory Medal with St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector battle clasps; Army of Occupation of Germany Medal. Second row: French Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur in the degree of Knight; French Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with two bronze palms; Italian Croce al Merito di Guerra and Levi Washington State Diamond Commemorative Medal.

Allworth's military decorations and awards include:

1st row	2nd row	3rd row
Medal of Honor
Purple Heart	World War I Victory Medal w/three bronze service stars to denote credit for the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Defensive Sector battle clasps.	Army of Occupation of Germany Medal
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur degree of Knight (French Republic)	Croix de guerre 1914–1918 w/ two bronze palms (French Republic)	Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italy)

Notes

References

Military.com [http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,MoH_Edward_Allworth,00.html site] retrieved on March 10, 2007
home of Heroes [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1918_wwi/allworth.html page] retrieved on March 10, 2007
Military.com [http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,MoH_Edward_Allworth,00.html page] retrieved on March 10, 2007
Oregon University [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/allworth.html site] {{webarchive. link. (2006-09-07 retrieved on March 10, 2007)

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