Samuel J. Covert
Home Town: Londonville, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel J. Covert, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 28, 1918. Voluntarily leaving cover, Private Covert went through intense machine-gun and artillery fire to the assistance of a wounded soldier and was himself killed while administering first aid to the latter.