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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    131st Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 78 (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 Second Lieutenant (Infantry) Harding F. Horton, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Bois-de-Chaume, France, 10 October 1918. Although twice wounded, Lieutenant Horton refused to leave his command, continuing to lead it through annihilating machine-gun and perilous shell fire. When a machine gun on the flank opened fire and caused many casualties on his forces, he seized a rifle, and, firing from a standing position, he was wounded a third time and killed.