Harold I. Fair

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold I. Fair, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Belleau Bois, north of Verdun, France, October 25, 1918. Lieutenant Fair, with a noncommissioned officer, while in advance of our line encountered an enemy patrol engaged in removing wounded Americans. They attacked and succeeded in putting the enemy to flight. The noncommissioned officer was sent back for reinforcements, but Lieutenant Fair continued on and captured an enemy officer. Later, with the assistance of others, he removed to safety all the wounded.