Henry H. Stroman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry H. Stroman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Eclisfontaine, near Bois-de-Baulny, France, September 28, 1918. Responding to a call for volunteers, Sergeant Stroman, with five others, advanced 400 yards beyond their front to bring in wounded comrades. They succeeded in rescuing seven of their men, also in bringing in the dead body of a lieutenant, while exposed to terrific machine-gun fire.