Benjamin T. Hatch, Jr.
Home Town: Disputanta, VA
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Benjamin T. Hatch, Jr., Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Samogneux, France, October 15, 1918. When his company was subjected to deadly machine-gun fire from two hostile nests, Sergeant Hatch, upon his own initiative, organized an attacking group and led it in an assault on the machine-gun nest, putting them out of action and making it possible for the further advance of his company.
