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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    1st Gas Regiment

    Division:

    American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 27 (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 Hursey Alfred Dakin (ASN: 847688), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 1st Gas Regiment, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Jure, near Gercourt, France, 26 September 1918. Corporal Dakin volunteered with another soldier to attack a machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance. They advanced against very heavy machine-gun fire and captured the position, killing 2 Germans and routing the remainder of the gun crew.