Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    115th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 12, 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 Carl Horseman (ASN: 1284269), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois-de-Consenvoye, France, 12 October 1918. Sergeant Horseman voluntarily left shelter and went through heavy shell fire to rescue some men who had been wounded when a shell struck their dugout. After administering first-aid treatment he assisted them to a dressing station.