William Howard
Home Town: Paris, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 108, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Howard, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Charpentry, France, October 3, 1918. With a rescue party of three other men, Private Howard went four hundred yards in advance of our lines to rescue a wounded soldier who had lain in an exposed place before an enemy machine-gun post for five days. The mission was successfully performed in broad daylight under a sweeping fire from enemy machine guns.