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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    18th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    World War I

    Headquarters, 1st Division, A.E.F., General Orders No. 13 (March 16, 1918)

    By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), Corporal Arbid Forsberg, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. Corporal Forsberg distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving with Company C, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action during World War I. Corporal Forsberg was a member of a patrol which entered the enemy’s position as far as the second line trenches, obtaining valuable information; unable to reach its own line before daylight the patrol took shelter in a shell hole and after a time boldly walked across No Man’s Land to its own trenches.