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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Sergeant

    Regiment:

    105th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 31, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 23 (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 First Sergeant Edward N. Thompson (ASN: 1204944), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Mount Kemmel, Belgium, 31 August 1918. When the two platoons commanded by him met, with heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Thompson placed his men under cover, and single-handed went forward to reconnoiter his objective in the face of heavy shell and machine-gun fire.