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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Brigadier

    Batallion:

    4th Squadron

    Regiment:

    6th Regiment

    Division:

    Chasseurs d’Afrique

    Action Date:

    September 13, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 61 (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 Brigadier Antoine Goyne, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 4th Squadron, 6th Regiment, Chasseurs d’Afrique, Army of France, near St. Mihiel, France, 13 September 1918. Having been ordered to establish an advance post in the village of Peuxnouds, Brigadier Goyne entered the town ahead of the infantry and captured six prisoners.