Dan S. Helmick
Home Town: Minneapolis, MN
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dan S. Helmick, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Moncy, France, October 9, 1918. Captain Helmick personally organized his company for the attack and directed the consolidation of the captured objective. He established his post of command in the front line, and repeatedly passed up and down the line directing his men under heavy shell fire until severely wounded.
