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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Batallion:

    348th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 27 – October 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 87 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Milan Dabney (ASN: 2293685), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 348th Machine-Gun Battalion, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Eclisfontaine and Tronsol Farm, France, September 27 to 1 October 1918. Throughout five days of action Private Dabney maintained liaison between company and battalion posts of command, repeatedly passing through the enemy’s barrages, and constantly subjected to enemy sniping.