Harry Sprague Silver

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry Sprague Silver, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 11, 1918. Lieutenant Silver led a patrol into the woods under a severe artillery and machine-gun fire to establish liaison with the units on the left flank. He continued on his mission after three-fourths of his patrol had been killed or wounded and succeeded in bringing valuable information to his battalion commander.