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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    158th Field Artillery Brigade

    Division:

    83d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 23, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 Horace Lawson Holloway (ASN: 1956210), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 308th Trench Mortar Battery, 158th Field Artillery Brigade, 83d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brabant sur Meuse, France, 23 October 1918. During an offensive action in Boissois Bois Sergeant Holloway remained at his post under the most hazardous circumstances. In the open, under fire of machine guns and 77s, he kept his mortar going for 57 minutes, firing 230 bombs. Repeatedly knocked down by concussion of exploding shells, he only ceased firing when exhausted.