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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    104th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    April 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 99 (1918)

    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 Private Alfred P. Lee (ASN: 73537), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Apremont, France, 10 April 1918. During the action of 10 April 1918, Private Lee displayed courage, coolness, and the spirit of self-sacrifice in voluntarily going through shell-swept area to bring back wounded to a place of safety, carrying one wounded man more than 50 yards under heavy shell fire.