Thomas P. Bane
Home Town: Durham, NC
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas P. Bane, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 9, 1918. Corporal Bane, while leading his squad in the advance with his company, was wounded by a machine-gun bullet in the head. Despite his wound, he continued in the advance until the objective was reached and the position consolidated. Corporal Bane on the day previous, in company with two companions, rushed a nearby machine-gun nest, killing five of the enemy and capturing the remainder.
