Harry E. Hample
Home Town: Watkins, IA
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry E. Hample, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 10 – 19, 1918. Private Hample volunteered repeatedly to carry messages over ground swept by heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. He displayed marked personal courage, accomplishing every mission he was given.
