Burton Holmes
Home Town: Pendleton, SC
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Burton Holmes, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hill 188, France, September 28, 1918. After he had been badly wounded and his automatic rifle had been put out of commission, Private Holmes returned to his company, under extremely heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and taking another automatic rifle, went back and reopened fire on the enemy. While thus engaged he was killed.
