Addison, Albert
Sergeant, 56564, Company A, 28th Infantry, 1st Division.
Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters, 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services: .....Albert Addison, sergeant, Company A, 28th Infantry ......By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen O. Fuqua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: R.E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A.G.D., Division Adjutant.
Record. Born April 18, 1892, Fairmount; son of George Dallas and Louella (Brewer) Addison. Laborer, Marion. Enlisted September 10, 1915, Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Assigned to Company B, 10th Infantry; transferred to Company D, 28th Infantry; to Company A, 28th Infantry. Private first class, February 26, 1917; corporal, June 15, 1917; sergeant, August 2, 1917; private, October 18, 1918; sergeant, Medical Department, November 26, 1918. Overseas October 31, 1917 - June 27, 1919. Battles: Toul, Cantigny, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel. Wounded July 21, 1918, Aisne-Marne. Discharged November 7, 1920.
Married Mary Elizabeth Prickett. Sons, Edward Le Roy, Richard Eugene, James Hugh, Willis Glenn; daughter, Mary Delores. Greenfield.