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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    31st Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    American Expeditionary Forces (Siberia)

    Action Date:

    June and July, 1919

    War Department, General Orders No. 133 (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 Arthur Joseph Booher, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company D, 31st Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces (Siberia), in action in the Suchan Valley, Siberia, during June and July 1919. Corporal Booher distinguished himself on numerous occasions by his capabilities and extraordinary daring as a patrol leader while under fire, notably at Kazanka, Siberia, 1 July 1919, and in the lower Suchan Valley, Siberia, 5 July 1919.