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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Sergeant

    Regiment:

    308th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 28, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 35 (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 First Sergeant Herman J. Bergasse (ASN: 1707565), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Binarville, France, 28 September 1918. Assuming command of the company after his commanding officer had become a casualty, Sergeant Bergasse led a formidable attack on an enemy machine-gun emplacement, silencing two guns in the nest, and permitting the further advance of his battalion.