Hamilton K. Foster
Home Town: New Rochelle, NY
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hamilton K. Foster, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 22, 1918. A courageous and inspiring leader at all times, Captain Foster particularly distinguished himself for bravery and judgment by charging and capturing a machine-gun nest that threatened his advance, although wounded during that action.
