Homer C. Darling
Home Town: Mendon, MA
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Homer C. Darling, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-du-Fays, France, October 10 – 12, 1918. Exposed to heavy machine- gun fire from the front and right flank, Second Lieutenant Darling led his platoon forward through heavy brush, although suffering heavy casualties. During the advance he and one other member of his platoon attacked a machine-gun nest and captured three machine guns and five prisoners. In hand-to-hand fighting he personally killed five Germans and wounded others.
