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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    354th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    November 1, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 44 (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 Corporal Edgar Charles Shoults (ASN: 2183705), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Remonville, France, 1 November 1918. In command of a combat group, Corporal Shoults led his men in a bayonet charge on an enemy stronghold, capturing many machine-guns and killing or capturing the entire crews of the guns.