Samuel Witt Fore
Home Town: Union, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Witt Fore, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brancourt, France, October 8, 1918. Disregarding personal safety, Sergeant Fore ran forward through heavy machine-gun and shell fire to a shell hole where a wounded soldier lay mortally wounded and carried his comrade to shelter.