Hugh Abercrombie

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh Abercrombie, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Janvier Farm, France, July 15, 1918. Sergeant Abercrombie, in charge of the ammunition detail, realizing that all the ammunition at the guns had been used by a barrage to prevent the enemy from crossing the Marne River, immediately organized his detail and carried ammunition by hand from scattered piles whose locations were known to him alone, to the battery position, a distance of about a kilometer. While so engaged, he was severely wounded but refused to be evacuated. After receiving first-aid treatment he ordered that he be placed in a shallow trench, from which place he directed the supply of ammunition to the guns. His bravery and utter disregard of his wounded condition were an inspiration to his comrades.