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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Regiment:

    167th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 28, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 7, 1929

    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 Thomas J. Whitworth (ASN: 97047), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on Hill 212, Ourcq River, near Sergy, France, 28 July 1918. Corporal Whitworth accompanied by another soldier volunteered to rescue his platoon commander who had been seriously wounded. Although under severe enemy artillery, machine-gun, and rifle fire these soldiers, with utter disregard for their own personal danger, advanced to the rescue of the fallen officer, and with great difficult carried him to safety. This heroic action on the part of Corporal Whitworth and his companion without a doubt saved the officer’s life and set a splendid example of heroism, self-sacrifice, and devotion to duty.