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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Division:

    Ambulance Service, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 8, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 21 (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 First Class Glenn S. Donaldson (ASN: 614090), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Section No. 606, Ambulance Service, American Expeditionary Forces, northwest of Somme-Py, near St. Etienne, France, 8 October 1918. Private Donaldson showed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in evacuating the wounded under the most trying conditions. He made repeated trips in plain view of enemy observers over roads under continuous shell fire. He was killed by a shell fragment while he was driving his ambulance over a heavily shelled road.