William Berry
Home Town: Lockport, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Berry, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lion- devant-Dun, France, November 7, 1918. In the attack on the town of Lion-devant-Dun, Private Berry’s company was halted by heavy machine-gun fire. Advancing ahead and urging his comrades to follow, he succeeded in gaining a foothold in the town until he was felled by the murderous fire of the enemy guns.
