Durlin,Walter E.
Private, 2400039, Company H, 30th Infantry, 3d Division.
Silver Star. General Orders No. 22, Headquarters 3d Division, A.E.F., July 8, 1919: The Commanding General desires to record in General Orders the valor and devotion to duty of these officers and men of the 3d Division. Their individual deeds, summed up, have created the glorious record enjoyed by the Marne Division, from those unforgettable days at Chateau-Thierry, in the defense of Paris, to the Victory Drive which began on the banks of the Marne and continued relentlessly until its brilliant conclusion in the Argonne before Sedan:.........30th Infantry.....Walter E. Durlin, private, Company H, 30th Infantry. Rendered valuable services at Le Charmel, France, July 25, 1918, by successfully establishing and holding an outpost in spite of enemy fire.....Robert L. Howze, Major General, U.S. Army, Commanding. Official: Madison Pearson, Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, Adjutant.
Record. Born August 5, 1889, Eldred, PA; son of Walter S. and Mille Advena (Hoffman) Durlin. Came to Indiana 1904. Truck driver and wholesale produce man, Marion. Enlisted December 13, 1917, Fort Thomas, KY. Training: Fort Thomas, KY; Camp Hancock, GA. Assigned to Company H, 30th Infantry. Overseas April 2, 1918 - August 23, 1919. Battles: Marne, Champagne-Marne. Wounded June 15, 1918, Champagne-Marne. Discharged August 28, 1919. Marion.