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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Major (Medical Corps)

    Regiment:

    368th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 30, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 20 (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 Major (Medical Corps) Jackson S. Lawrance, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 368th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 92d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Binarville, France, 30 September 1918. Major Lawrance, with two soldiers, voluntarily left shelter and crossed an open space 50 yards wide, swept by shell and machine-gun fire, to rescue a wounded soldier, whom they carried to a place of safety.