Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    307th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 5, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 74 (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 First Class Orrie A. Clark (ASN: 1679806), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 5 September 1918. Private Clark volunteered and carried a message from his platoon commander to a squad leader, through continuous shell and machine-gun fire, and was thereby the means of saving the lives of six men of the squad.

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    307th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 5, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 74 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Orrie A. Clark (ASN: 1679806), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on Hill 273 in the Forest of Argonne, France, 5 October 1918. When an officer called for volunteers to cut an opening in a thick barbed wire entanglement, Private Clark unhesitatingly responded and under the enemy’s rifle fire and cross fire from two machine-guns, worked for more than an hour at cutting the wire, desisting only when ordered to do so by his officers. He then returned to his organization through the enemy’s artillery barrage.