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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    28th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 6, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 98 (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) Arthur Guy Mayger, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Exermont, France, 6 October 1918. After his company had been forced to fall back because of heavy losses, and his company commander had been seriously wounded, Lieutenant Mayger reorganized the remainder of the company, and, under intense shell and machine-gun fire, led it in a successful attack on a machine-gun position, which had been causing many casualties in the battalion.