Clifford O. Harris
Home Town: Portland, OR
General Orders No. No. 11, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clifford O. Harris, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny, France, September 1, 1918. When the advance of his platoon was halted by the effective fire of an enemy machine-gun nest, Lieutenant Harris with two others rushed out before the front line to attack the enemy position. While in the accomplishment of this heroic act and when within the enemy’s lines he was killed.
