Harry M. Nightingale
Home Town: Auburn, ME
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 34, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry M. Nightingale, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, September 12, 1918. Leading his squad forward to attack an almost impregnable machine-gun nest, Corporal Nightingale continued to press on when only two of his squad remained, until he, himself, fell mortally wounded.