Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

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military award military decoration

The Distinguished Service Cross (United States) is the U.S. Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Distinguished Service Cross (United States) canonical	3
Army Distinguished Service Cross	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1262735 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Context triple: [Merian C. Cooper, awardReceived, Distinguished Service Cross (United States)]

A. Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
The Distinguished Service Medal (United States) is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
B. Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
C. Defense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-combat military decoration awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for exceptionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.
D. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
E. Virtuti Militari
Virtuti Militari is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Target entity description: The Distinguished Service Cross (United States) is the U.S. Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.

A. Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
The Distinguished Service Medal (United States) is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
B. Army Distinguished Service Medal
The Army Distinguished Service Medal is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility.
C. Defense Distinguished Service Medal
The Defense Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-combat military decoration awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for exceptionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.
D. Navy Cross
The Navy Cross is the United States Navy and Marine Corps' second-highest military decoration awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
E. Virtuti Militari
Virtuti Militari is Poland’s highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy, awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	actions involving risk of life so extraordinary as to set the individual apart from comrades ⓘ extraordinary heroism ⓘ heroism in combat against an armed enemy ⓘ
awardingAuthority	President of the United States ⓘ Secretary of the Army ⓘ
branchOfService	United States Army ⓘ
campaignsAwardedIn	Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
confersPostNominals	DSC ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
criteriaInclude	engagement in action against an enemy of the United States ⓘ engagement in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force ⓘ service with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent ⓘ
dateEstablished	1918-01-02 ⓘ
eligibility	members of other U.S. armed services serving with the U.S. Army ⓘ members of the United States Army ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
establishedDuring	World War I ⓘ
firstAwardedInConflict	World War I ⓘ
higherAward	Medal of Honor ⓘ
isPartOf	United States awards and decorations ⓘ surface form: United States military awards system
legalBasis	Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
lowerAward	Silver Star ⓘ
mayBeAwardedToForeignMilitary	true ⓘ
militaryRankOfPrecedence	second-highest U.S. Army decoration for valor ⓘ
obverseDesign	eagle on a wreath with scroll and inscription "FOR VALOR" ⓘ
presentedBy	United States Department of the Army ⓘ
relatedDecoration	Air Force Cross ⓘ Coast Guard Cross ⓘ Navy Cross ⓘ
reverseDesign	space for engraving the recipient's name ⓘ
ribbonColor	blue ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
serviceBranchSpecific	true ⓘ
shape	bronze cross pattée ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
type	valor decoration ⓘ
wearingLocation	left side of the uniform ⓘ
wearingPrecedence	worn immediately after the Medal of Honor ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Merian C. Cooper → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ

Walter Krueger → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ

Lewis B. Puller → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Distinguished Service Cross

Merian → awardReceived → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ

subject surface form: Merian C. Cooper

Coast Guard Cross → relatedAward → Distinguished Service Cross (United States) ⓘ