Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    2d Battalion

    Regiment:

    308th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 3, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 71 (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 Ernest Wornek, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 2d Battalion, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Moulin-de-Charlevaux, France, 3 October 1918. Facing heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, Private Wornek went out alone and rescued a soldier who had been wounded in advance of our lines while on a patrol.