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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Sergeant

    Regiment:

    58th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 7, 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 First Sergeant William Herren (ASN: 559453), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ville-Savoye, France, 7 August 1918. Sergeant Herren carried guns and ammunition to the front line platoons through an intense barrage after several carrying details had failed to get through. He then volunteered to stay with the right flank platoon, which was under heavy fire in an exposed position. During the afternoon, he and one other man pushed forward with a captured machine gun, and assisted materially in breaking up several hostile counterattacks during the day.