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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    325th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 16 – 17, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 100 (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 Sergeant John B. Garner (ASN: 1932043), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Clermery, in Lorraine, France, on the night of 16 – 17 August, 1918. Although wounded in the face and hand, Sergeant Garner went 50 meters up a road in the face of fire from two German machine-guns and of exploding grenades to rescue a lieutenant who lay 100 meters within the German wire, so severely wounded as to be unable to move without assistance. Sergeant. Garner put the officer on his back, crawled through the enemy’s wire and from there carried him 500 meters across open ground, under fire, to safety.