Sherman B. Mccombs
Home Town: St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 95, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Sherman B. McCombs, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baulny, France, September 28, 1918. When volunteers were called for to ascertain the location of the regiment on the left of his own, Mechanic McCombs immediately responded, and, passing through direct machine-gun and artillery fire, accomplished this dangerous mission with complete success.