John Hoggle
Home Town: Delmar, AL
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Hoggle, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brieulles, France, November 4, 1918. When three of the boats supporting a pontoon bridge across the Meuse River were destroyed by artillery fire, Private Hoggle voluntarily waded into the stream to a depth of four feet, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and held up the deck of the bridge until new boats were launched and placed in position.
