Daniel C. Henry
Home Town: Fairmount City, PA
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel C. Henry, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. After many other runners had been killed or wounded, Private Henry carried several messages from platoon to company headquarters. At this time the enemy had crossed the Marne River, and the route followed by Private Henry was exposed to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.
