William W. Fink
Home Town: Springfield, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William W. Fink, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, October 31, 1918. Private Fink, a driver, was seriously wounded by shell fire while going forward to the front line infantry trenches with his platoon, but he remained at his post, refusing to seek medical attention until he fell from his horse, exhausted.