Howard H. Van Voris

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard H. Van Voris, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Waereghem, Belgium, October 30 – 31, 1918. As battalion intelligence officer, Lieutenant Van Voris on the night before the engagement was tireless in his efforts to maintain liaison on the flanks of his battalion. The next day, against the advice of senior officers, he made repeated reconnaissance of the front lines in the face of heavy shell and machine-gun fire. Penetrating beyond the infantry lines on one of these patrols, Lieutenant Van Voris was killed by machine-gun fire.