Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    316th Sanitary Train

    Division:

    91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1 – 4, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 15 (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 First Class Harry Joseph Rexroth (ASN: 2276437), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 364th Ambulance Company, 316th Sanitary Train, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Audenarde, Belgium, November 1 – 4, 1918. Private Rexroth repeatedly showed utter disregard for his safety in establishing and maintaining liaison between advanced dressing stations and battalion aid stations and in searching the battlefields for wounded, passing over areas under heavy fire from enemy artillery, machine-guns and snipers. On November 4 he entered the town of Audenarde while it was under terrific bombardment, made a thorough search for wounded, and later accompanied ambulances back into the town to evacuate the wounded.