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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    307th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 3, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 5 (1920)

    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 Corporal Harry Pariser (ASN: 1707038), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, southwest of Binarville, France, 3 October 1918. After being wounded in the chin by a shell fragment, Corporal Pariser refused to go to the rear for treatment, but continued leading his men in action and exhibiting a brilliant spirit of courage and devotion to duty. He was killed 4 October 1918, while again leading his squad in the attack.