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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    168th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 14, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 23 (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 Clarence A. Davis (ASN: 100707), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 168th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Cote-de-Chatillon, France, 4 October 1918. During the attack Corporal Davis made his way forward through intense artillery and machine-gun fire to rescue a wounded comrade. When he had reached a point about 25 yards in front of the enemy trenches he found that the man was dead, and he, himself, so seriously wounded that he was compelled to return.