Vinton Adams Dearing was born on January 2, 1896 in Japan. He was the son of Mary Lyon Hinckley and Rev. Dr. John Lincoln Dearing ,who for more than twenty-seven years was an American missionary in Japan. He graduated from Colgate University, entered the military in Illinois and went to France with a regular army unit. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Second Lieutenant in the 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on July 19, 1918 and is now buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France. His name's middle initial is inscribed on the Buzancy monument as J. He was awarded for actions the Distinguished Service Cross and his citation reads as:
GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 99 (1918)
CITATION: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Vinton Adams Dearing, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Cantigny, France, 28 May 1918. Detailed in command of a carrying party, Second Lieutenant Dearing bravely proceeded under fire to execute his mission, and by his example of bravery heartened his men, who were under fire for the first time. On 29 May 1918, he took his party through heavy shelling to carry ammunition to the front lines without being ordered to do so.

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