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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    119th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 28 – 29, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (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 Sergeant Paul G. Hawkins (ASN: 1317111), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bellicourt, France, September 28 – 29, 1918. As a platoon runner, Sergeant Hawkins showed marked personal bravery, repeatedly carrying important messages over shell swept areas, and under heavy machine-gun fire sometimes for a distance of two miles, and, when his section leader became separated from his section, took command and led it with success.