Thaddis R. Richards
Home Town: Maryville, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thaddis R. Richards, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. During the very thickest of the fighting Bugler Richards, assisted by another soldier, attacked two enemy machine-gun positions, killing the gunners and capturing the guns, thus allowing the further advance of his company.