Quincy R. Seymour

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Quincy R. Seymour, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Barricourt, France, November 2, 1918. With another soldier, Private Seymour advanced more than 150 yards over an open space swept by fire from 30 enemy machine- guns, for the purpose of drawing the fire of these guns, while the remainder of his company attacked them from the flanks, His self-sacrificing act cost him his life, but enabled his comrades to capture the hostile position.