William H. Williamson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. Williamson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Williamson, in charge of a combat patrol successfully accomplished his mission under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, after three-fourths of his patrol had been killed or wounded. In the same engagement, he successfully reorganized his company, after all the officers were killed or wounded, and led it in effective combat.