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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Batallion:

    102d Field Signal Battalion

    Division:

    27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 29 – 31, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 Corporal Kenneth M. McCann (ASN: 1201080), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 102d Field Signal Battalion, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mount Kemmel, Belgium, August 29 – 31, 1918. Corporal McCann, a signalman, worked continuously for 72 hours without relief through repeated gas bombardments. When the forward lines were cut by shell fire, he personally directed the running of a new line under a heavy shell and machine-gun fire.