C. Harry Dommet

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to C. Harry Dommet, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villette, France, September 5, 1918, while serving as first-aid man attached to Company B. Wounded, and sent back to the dressing station, Private Dommet learned that the other first-aid man attacked to his company had been sent back and that the company was without medical aid, he, despite his own wounds and weakened condition, returned to his company under heavy enemy fire and continued to minister to the wounded until relieved and sent to the hospital, where he died as a result of gunshot wounds on September 5, 1918. His great courage and self-sacrifice were an inspiration to the men of his battalion.