Arly L. Hedrick
Home Town: Kansas City, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arly L. Hedrick, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baulny, France, September 28, 1918. While reconnoitering for mined bridges, Captain Hedrick was warned that a certain masonry arch was held under enemy machine-gun fire. He placed his detail under cover, advanced alone under persistent fire, exposing himself continually while removing detonators from the mines he found, and returned across open ground to his command.