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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    167th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 15, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 131 (1918)

    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 Moses S. Baldwin (ASN: 97121), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, 15 October 1918. In an attack on the Cote-de-Chatillon, disregarding all personal danger, he repeatedly went over shell-swept areas under heavy machine-gun fire to give first-aid treatment to the wounded and carry them to shelter.