Russel E. Hoyt
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 26, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Russel E. Hoyt, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois-Brule, France, April 12, 1918. Corporal Hoyt displayed courage and self-sacrificing devotion to duty in going to communication trench with one comrade and holding back advance of enemy through trench until killed at his post.
