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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    132d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8, 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 Sergeant Monred A. Bordvick (ASN: 2060138), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 132d Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Consenvoye, France, 8 October 1918. In charge of a flank patrol of four men during an attack, he entered a village occupied by the enemy in force, and captured forty-two prisoners and three machine guns which were holding up the advance of the battalion from the left flank. He displayed marked courage and ability as a leader.