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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    305th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Ernest J. Boysen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Champigneulles, France, 1 November 1918. When his platoon was held up by fire from enemy machine-guns and snipers, Lieutenant Boysen went forward in advance of his platoon, in disregard for personal danger; and, with a rifle, brought down three enemy snipers, and drove off the enemy machine-gunners, thereby enabling his platoon to resume its advance.