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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    7th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 2 – 4, 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 Sergeant Otis Clinton Scoby (ASN: 915416), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Brieulles, France, November 2 – 4, 1918. While making a daylight reconnaissance of the Canal Est, Sergeant Scoby was at all times in full view of the enemy’s snipers and machine-guns. Unmindful of the danger, he continued on to the successful accomplishment of his mission. On the morning of November 4 he aided materially in the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Canal Est, under heavy shell fire, thus enabling the infantry to cross and capture commanding heights on the east bank of the Meuse.