Samuel Carroll Hirst
Born: at Purcellville, Virginia
Home Town: Purcellville, Virginia
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Marine Corps
World War I
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Carroll Hirst, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 55th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 5, 1918. Together with another soldier, Private Hirst successfully completed the capture of a machine gun, destroying it, and killing two of the crew. Fighting his way back to his own lines, he furnished valuable information concerning enemy machine-gun emplacements.
Navy Cross
U.S. Marine Corps
World War I
The Navy Cross is presented to Samuel Carroll Hirst, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 55th Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 5, 1918. Together with another soldier, Private Hirst successfully completed the capture of a machine gun, destroying it, and killing two of the crew. Fighting his way back to his own lines, he furnished valuable information concerning enemy machine-gun emplacements.
