Graham W. Harris
Home Town: Oxford, NC
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Graham W. Harris, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Becoming separated from his platoon in the dense smoke and fog with five other sol .tiers, Sergeant Harris kept his men together and continued the advance under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Upon reaching the objective he made a personal reconnaissance 600 yards to the front, capturing several prisoners and assisting in breaking up three machine-gun nests. He remained in this advanced position until he was ordered back.
