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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    132d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 4, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 14 (1920), Amended Supplement 1

    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 Frank Alexander Koijane (ASN: 1389510), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 132d Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Hamel, Belgium, 4 July 1918. While digging in at his final objective Sergeant Koijane came under fire from a hostile machine gun in a sunken road 200 yards to the right front. With Lieutenant Yagle and two Australian soldiers, he rushed the position and captured the gun and eight prisoners.