John H. Harrington

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John H. Harrington, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cantigny, France, May 29, 1918. In the absence of his platoon commander, Corporal Harrington led his platoon forward under heavy machine-gun fire from a support position to the assistance of a front-line unit. Although severely wounded in the hip, he delivered to the commander of the support troops a report of the situation of the front line.