Herbert W. Barrett
Home Town: Sommerville, MA
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert W. Barrett, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Blanc Mont, France, October 3, 1918. Reorganizing his company after the other officers had become casualties, Lieutenant Barrett led them in an attack, capturing a machine-gun nest, capturing or killing the crew. Under heavy fire, he rescued two of his men who had been wounded and buried by a high-explosive shell. He was wounded while administering first aid to one of his men, under machine-gun fire.
