Herbert B. Bartholf

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert B. Bartholf, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action, near Ancerville, France, October 30, 1918, and near Baalon, France, November 4, 1918. On October 30, in the region of Ancerville, Lieutenant Bartholf, with one other pilot, engaged five enemy planes. Outnumbered, he did not hesitate to attack, and, although subjected to the severe fire of five enemy planes, he succeeded in destroying one. On November 4, in the region of Baalon, while on a bombing expedition, he encountered an enemy patrol of eight machines, Fokker type. He immediately dived into their formation and, despite the severe fire to which he was subjected, continued a spirited combat with one of the enemy until it crashed to the ground.