Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Batallion:

    316th Field Signal Battalion

    Division:

    91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 2, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 127 (1918)

    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 Ned Crawford (ASN: 2294889), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 316th Field Signal Battalion, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Epinonville, France, 2 October 1918. When the telephone station in which he was working was struck by a shell, killing two men and injuring five, Private Crawford disregarded personal safety and continued to operate his switchboard in an exposed position, in order that communication might be maintained until a new central could be established in a new location.