Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    132d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 4, 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 Corporal Albert C. Painsipp (ASN: 13904252), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 132d Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Hamel, Belgium, 4 July 1918. Single-handed Corporal Painsipp attacked a German machine-gun emplacement. Although wounded in the leg, when a machine-gun was trained upon him, he boldly attacked it with hand grenades and drove off the crew.