Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    7th Engineer Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 14, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (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 Harry W. Campbell (ASN: 913943), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Romagne, France, 14 October 1918. Sergeant Campbell, on patrol with two other soldiers, captured a machine gun and 13 prisoners, killing two others who tried to escape.