Bryan Hamilton
Home Town: Portsmouth, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bryan Hamilton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Olsene, Belgium, October 31, 1918. Sergeant Hamilton was leading a detachment forward which was caught in a heavy enemy counter-barrage. Though he was badly wounded by shell fire, he kept his men organized and, pushing forward, dislodged the enemy from a strong position, where he was again wounded.