William M. Norton
Home Town: Hardy, AR
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Norton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Seicheprey, Ausauville sector, France, March 1, 1918. Finding himself in a dugout surrounded by Germans, and in which a hand grenade had been thrown, Sergeant Norton refused to surrender, made a bold dash outside, killed one of his assailants, put the others to flight, and resumed his duty with his company.