Nickolas Smith
Home Town: Grand Rapids, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nickolas Smith, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Georges, France, October 14, 1918. After his platoon had been stopped and disorganized by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Smith with another soldier, reorganized the platoon and led it in a charge on an enemy machine-gun nest, capturing it, together with one officer and 20 men.