BELANGER, EDWARD A.
Private, U.S. Army
Home: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts
Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F.
Date of Action: July 1, 1918
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward A. Belanger, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Vaux, July 1, 1918.
Private Belanger bravely attacked eight of the enemy, killing four and capturing four.
BELANGER, EDWARD ARTHUR
United States Army
DATE OF BIRTH: 09/21/1901
DATE OF DEATH: 09/22/1953
BURIED AT: SECTION 7 SITE 10039-4
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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