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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    309th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 16, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 35 (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 First Lieutenant (Infantry) Preston Doane Fogg, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Champigneulles, France, 16 October 1918. After leading his company in the attack on Champigneulles and thereafter successfully withdrawing the remnants of his command, Lieutenant Fogg, although himself wounded, carried to shelter another wounded officer, who was unable to walk.