Edward Becker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Becker, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Juvigny, France, August 30, 1918, and in the Argonne Forest, France, October 8, 1918. During the attack on Juvigny, when all the officers in his company had been wounded, Sergeant Becker immediately took command of the company and led them in the attack. After the engagement he supervised and assisted in the work of clearing the field of wounded, working under incessant machine-gun and artillery fire. In the Argonne Woods, October 8, when the advance of his organization was held up by cleverly concealed enemy machine guns, Sergeant Becker, with an officer, exposed himself to the enemy fire while reconnoitering the enemy positions. As a result of their observations the company was successfully disposed with only three casualties.