William H. Mcginnis

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. McGinnis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chery-Chartreuve, France, August 10, 1918. An incendiary shell exploded near a large ammunition dump, near which his company was resting, wounding several of his comrades and setting fire to a portion of the dump. While a second explosion was imminent, Corporal McGinnis rushed into the flames and dragged a wounded man to safety.