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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Batallion:

    5th Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 4, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 64 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Corporal Louis Mazkwaz (ASN: 107707), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 5th Machine-Gun Battalion, 2d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Medeah Ferme, France, 4 October 1918. Corporal Mazkwaz left the shelter of his trench to rescue soldiers who had been buried by explosion of a shell. Shortly after, while conducting his men to cover, a shell exploded near by, severely wounding a member of his squad. Directing the remainder of the squad to take cover, he went to the assistance of the wounded man and, while rendering first aid, was mortally wounded.