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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    7th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 25, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 16 (1920)

    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 James Gunterman (ASN: 1556214), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Argenthol, France, 25 July 1918. While charging an enemy machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his squad Private Gunterman was mortally wounded, but his heroic deed enabled his comrades to capture the nest.