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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Bugler

    Regiment:

    355th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 12, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 128 (1918)

    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 Bugler Chauncey William Porter (ASN: 2202524), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, north of Flirey, France, 12 September 1918. Bugler Porter charged a machine-gun alone with an automatic pistol, killed one man, captured another, and drove the remainder of the enemy platoon back along their trench, thereby enabling his platoon to advance.