William H. Hill

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. Hill, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Haumont, France, September 27, 1918. Corporal Hill, while establishing liaison with a separate unit of his patrol under heavy machine-gun fire, personally captured two prisoners, and, after delivering them to a guard, continued with his mission. He was severely wounded while performing this dangerous mission.