Henry John Harlin

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry John Harlin, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. After an advance of more than 2,000 yards with the infantry, Private Harlin crawled through a barbed-wire entanglement and remained the entire night under machine-gun fire within a few yards of enemy position in order to protect his comrades from a surprise attack.