William L. Prout
Home Town: Cattlesburg, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William L. Prout, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the five days of the attack near Soissons, France, July 18 – 22, 1918. Private Prout carried messages through artillery and machine-gun fire and took water and ammunition to his platoon over ground then under heavy bombardment.