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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    58th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 6, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 27 (1920)

    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 Anthony Frank Shedlock (ASN: 559887), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ville-Savoye, France, 6 August 1918. Sergeant Shedlock, when the officers of the company became casualties, took command, reorganized the scattered groups into a platoon, and personally led them across the Vesle River, in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, and drove the enemy from their position on the railroad embankment 500 yards beyond the river. He defended his position under the heavy fire and attacks of the enemy.