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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    358th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 14, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 72 (1920)

    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 Private Ernest Berry (ASN: 2248627), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during the St. Mihiel offensive, France, 14 September 1918. Private Berry, with four other men, volunteered to cross a valley to the woods opposite and silence machine guns which had held up the advance of his company. In the face of heavy enemy fire this small group accomplished its mission, thus enabling the company to cross the valley without further loss. He was slightly wounded in the performance of this act and killed in action a few days thereafter.