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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    359th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 2, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 46 (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 Corporal Glenn Andrew Bell (ASN: 2248895), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Villers-devant-Dun, France, 2 November 1918. Corporal Bell was wounded in the arm by machine-gun fire, but in spite of his injury continued, to lead his squad and assisted in taking several machine-gun nests.