Van Buren Pigman
Home Town: Hindman, KY
General Orders No. No. 53, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Van Buren Pigman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Vieville-en-Haye, France, September 16, 1918. Sergeant Pigman, with two others, rushed an enemy machine-gun nest, captured the gun, and killed the crew. He later exposed himself to heavy fire while leading a patrol which captured three other machine guns and forced nine of the enemy to surrender.
