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Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    16th Infantry Regiment

    Action Date:

    December 12, 1934

    War Department, General Orders No. 8 (1935)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Private Heinrich E. Herbig (ASN: 6871110), United States Army, for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed while attached to Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment, for heroism displayed at Governor’s Island, New York, on 12 December 1934. During a fire on the Post, while attempting to land hose from a fire boat of the New York City Fire Department, two soldiers were thrown overboard. Observing that these men were exhausted by their efforts to keep afloat and in grave danger of drowning, Private Herbig and another soldier jumped into the dark, icy waters of New York Harbor and assisted in bringing them safely to shore.