Henry M. Williams

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry M. Williams, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Dun-sur-Meuse, France, October 31 – November 11, 1918. In command of a detached piece operating with the infantry of the 5th Division, Lieutenant Williams kept his gun close behind the attacking waves and skillfully accomplished the missions assigned to him. This was the first field piece to cross the Meuse. Putting out of action a battery of German 77-mm, guns, by direct fire, he later turned on the retreating enemy after his own ammunition had been exhausted.