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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    308th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 3, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 21 (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 Private Henry Miller (ASN: 1708665), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Binarville, France, 3 October 1918. When his company had been cut off from communication and exposed to intense shell and machine-gun fire, Private Miller observed and attacked an enemy sniper, silencing further fire from that source. While attempting to return he was killed by machine-gun fire.