Glen Hancock

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Glen Hancock, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 11, and 19, 1918. While Sergeant Hancock (then a Private) was on duty as company runner, he took charge of a squad whose corporal had been wounded; and, moving the gun to a favorable position, quickly established fire superiority over the enemy and thereby enabled the Infantry to overcome a group of the enemy who had been delaying the advance. While he was firing the gun, a bursting shell buried him and two other soldiers, but he immediately extricated himself and resumed firing. On the night of October 19, he manned another gun, whose squad had been put out of action, and took charge of the crew until the unit was relieved.