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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    146th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 28, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 50 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Private Samuel J. Covert (ASN: 1523288), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Sanitary Detachment, 146th Infantry Regiment (Attached), 37th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Montfaucon, France, 28 September 1918. Voluntarily leaving cover, Private Covert went through intense machine-gun and artillery fire to the assistance of a wounded soldier and was himself killed while administering first aid to the latter.