Hamilton Johnston
Home Town: Troy, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hamilton Johnston, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Launay, France, July 15, 1918. Lieutenant Johnston, with two soldiers, attacked a patrol of seven Germans who had captured four American soldiers, killed one of the Germans, and captured the others.