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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    102d Field Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    April 20, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 107 (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 Private Harold R. Johnson (ASN: 135610), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 102d Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Seicheprey, France, on 20 April 1918, when, although wounded in the arm and leg, Private Johnson continued, while under heavy shell fire, to repair the telephone lines, and succeeded in reestablishing communications.