Henry E. Quinn
Home Town: Swartz, LA
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry E. Quinn, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action May 29, 1918, at Cantigny, France. In response to a call for volunteers to penetrate a heavy enemy barrage and obtain definite information concerning tanks and conditions of enemy front line, Private Quinn accomplished his mission to the imminent peril of his own life.