Distinguished Service Cross citation:
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 Mechanic J. Clyde Beers (ASN: 1240530), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Sergy, France, 29 July 1918. After an unsuccessful attack on the Bois-de-Grimpettes, Mechanic Beers went out alone in front of our line, in plain view of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun fire from the front and flank, and gathered up the Chauchat rifles and Musette bags of ammunition which had been abandoned by wounded men. He made several trips, distributing the badly needed equipment to the advanced elements of our line.
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 Mechanic J. Clyde Beers (ASN: 1240530), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Sergy, France, 29 July 1918. After an unsuccessful attack on the Bois-de-Grimpettes, Mechanic Beers went out alone in front of our line, in plain view of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun fire from the front and flank, and gathered up the Chauchat rifles and Musette bags of ammunition which had been abandoned by wounded men. He made several trips, distributing the badly needed equipment to the advanced elements of our line.
Distinguished Service Cross citation:
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 Mechanic J. Clyde Beers (ASN: 1240530), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Sergy, France, 29 July 1918. After an unsuccessful attack on the Bois-de-Grimpettes, Mechanic Beers went out alone in front of our line, in plain view of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun fire from the front and flank, and gathered up the Chauchat rifles and Musette bags of ammunition which had been abandoned by wounded men. He made several trips, distributing the badly needed equipment to the advanced elements of our line.
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 Mechanic J. Clyde Beers (ASN: 1240530), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Sergy, France, 29 July 1918. After an unsuccessful attack on the Bois-de-Grimpettes, Mechanic Beers went out alone in front of our line, in plain view of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun fire from the front and flank, and gathered up the Chauchat rifles and Musette bags of ammunition which had been abandoned by wounded men. He made several trips, distributing the badly needed equipment to the advanced elements of our line.
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