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Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Interpreter

    Regiment:

    28th U.S. Infantry (Attached)

    Division:

    1st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    May 28 – 30, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 81 (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 Interpreter Rene H. LeCoin, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with the French Mission, 28th U.S. Infantry (Attached), 1st Division, A.E.F., near Cantigny, France, May 28 – 30, 1918. During the critical operations around Cantigny, Interpreter Le Coin was constantly on duty at an observation post. Seeing a group of men retreating in disorder, he rushed to them, stopped their retreat, and returned them to their positions on the line.