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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    110th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 98 (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 Private Lauriano Martinez (ASN: 1626989), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Fismes, France, 26 August 1918. With two other soldiers, Private Martinez crawled 300 yards in front of our line through the enemy’s wire and attacked a hostile machine-gun nest. The enemy crew opened fire on them at a range of only ten yards and resisted stubbornly but they succeeded in killing three of the crew and driving off the others with clubbed rifles. They returned to our lines under heavy fire.