George Price Hays: Medal of Honor Citation

Rank at action: First Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army
Conflict: World War I
Unit or command: 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division
Presentation date: December 31, 1919

The Citation

At the very outset of the unprecedented artillery bombardment by the enemy, his line of communication was destroyed beyond repair. Despite the hazard attached to the mission of runner, he immediately set out to establish contact with the neighboring post of command and further establish liaison with 2 French batteries, visiting their position so frequently that he was mainly responsible for the accurate fire therefrom. While thus engaged, 7 horses were shot under him and he was severely wounded. His activity under most severe fire was an important factor in checking the advance of the enemy.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

George Price Hays — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes

Award ID: MOH-AW-002403
Transcription status: Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check: 2026-08-30
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original): 34
Later or highest recorded rank: Lieutenant General
Entered service at: Okarche, Oklahoma
Archive transcription SHA-256: b7d3423c9e37d4d0f68f676056067746992abf250056a0879fc67d12e5f42d0d

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The inherited rank-1 Society candidate was confirmed by substantive comparison of identity, service, rank, unit or command, action context, and citation; candidate rank or successful rendering alone was not treated as verification. The current profile also supplies the separately retained rank rendering First Lieutenant (Highest Rank: Lieutenant General); action and later or highest ranks remain separately attributed. The controlled canonical unit or command is 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division; the current structured profile renders 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division, and the inherited wording 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division remains preserved as a separately attributed variant. The controlled action-date display is July 14–15, 1918; the current structured source value and any fuller citation chronology remain separately attributed. The controlled historical action place is near Greves Farm, France; the current structured place near Greves Farm, France and the complete inherited geocoder value France remain preserved in the audit evidence. The inherited full citation remains canonical and checksum-protected; current rendered wording is preserved separately where transcribed. No underlying General Order was examined, so the exact-order gate remains pending and no General Order verification is claimed.