Herman L. Hess
Home Town: Pomeroy, OH
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman L. Hess, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, September 29, 1918. Accompanied by a soldier, Lieutenant Hess made two trips through fire, and rescued two wounded left lying in an exposed place took up a new position.
