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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    131st Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 4, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 71 (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 Sergeant James B. Power (ASN: 1388463), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 131st Infantry Regiment, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Albert, France, 4 August 1918. While his company was occupying trenches on the outskirts of Albert, France, Sergeant Power, on his own initiative, left shelter and, creeping forward, worked his way through the town, though subjected to snipers who had been firing on our troops.