Fred William Hill

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred William Hill, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Headquarters Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, on June 8, 1918. Regardless of personal danger, Corporal Hill showed conspicuous bravery in carrying ammunition from the dump into the fighting line in the face of heavy machine-gun and rifle fire in the Bois-de-Belleau. Learning of the need of hand grenades, he carried them forward without waiting for orders.

The Navy Cross is presented to Fred William Hill, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Headquarters Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, on June 8, 1918. Regardless of personal danger, Corporal Hill showed conspicuous bravery in carrying ammunition from the dump into the fighting line in the face of heavy machine-gun and rifle fire in the Bois-de-Belleau. Learning of the need of hand grenades, he carried them forward without waiting for orders.