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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    110th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 64 (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 Private Henry E. Hacker (ASN: 377831), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Apremont, France, 1 October 1918. Private Hacker overheard a lieutenant report to the battalion commander the location of an enemy machine-gun nest which was causing heavy casualties among our troops. Due to heavy shelling, delay in the bringing up of a one-pounder crew was serious, and Private Hacker, realizing the need for immediately silencing the enemy machine-guns, acting on his own initiative, advanced alone over a fire-swept area for about 500 yards, attacked and captured the enemy crews of six men and two machine-guns and brought them back to our lines.