Howard A. Bair
Home Town: Columbus, OH
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard A. Bair, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, November 2, 1918. Calling on his platoon to follow, Lieutenant Bair pushed forward and attacked enemy machine-gun nests. After killing two of the enemy, he himself was killed by a hand grenade, while accepting the surrender of another of the enemy.
