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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    28th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 11, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 44 (1919), Amended by 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 Mack O. Oliver (ASN: 57880), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, west of the Meuse, France, 11 October 1918. After having been severely wounded by shrapnel, Sergeant Oliver refused to leave the lines, realizing the urgent need of men. After being relieved, he walked to the dressing station, despite his weakness from loss of blood, and his painful suffering from the wound.