Distinguished Service Cross

ARRINGTON, GEORGE
Private, U.S. Army
Company C, 12th Infantry
Date of Action: May 11, 1889
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Arrington, Private, U.S. Army, for gallant and meritorious conduct while serving with a detachment escorting Major Joseph W. Wham, paymaster, U.S. Army, in an encounter with a band of robbers by whom the party was attacked between Forts Grant and Thomas, Arizona, May 11, 1889.
D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: Charleston, SC

*BRADEN, CHARLES
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
7th Cavalry
Date of Action: August 11, 1873
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Braden, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the mouth of the Big Horn River, Montana, August 11, 1873. Lieutenant Braden, with 20 men, having been attacked by nearly 200 Indians, although severely wounded in the encounter, by his personal gallantry and splendid leadership so inspired his small command as to enable it to repulse the attack by overwhelmingly superior numbers.
General Orders No. 7, W.D., 1925
Home Town: East Saginaw, MI

CAPRON, HARRY W.
Corporal, U.S. Army
Troop B, 7th Cavalry
Date of Action: December 29, 1890
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry W. Capron, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary gallantry in action at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, December 29, 1890
D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: Waverly, IA

*HOFF, JOHN VAN R.
Captain (Assistant Surgeon), U.S. Army
Medical Corps
Date of Action: December 29, 1890
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Van R. Hoff, Captain (Assistant Surgeon), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action against hostile Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, December 29, 1890. When the Indians made a sudden treacherous attack upon the troops Captain Hoff, with utter disregard for his personal safety, attended to the dressing of the wounds of fallen soldiers.
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1925
Home Town: New York, NY

HUBBARD, JOHN C.
Private, U.S. Army
Troop G, 6th Cavalry
Date of Action: April 28, 1882
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Hubbard, Private, U.S. Army, for bravery in action with Indians at Huachuca Mountains, Arizona Territory, April 28, 1882.
D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: (Born) Newton, IA

KELLY, THOMAS
First Sergeant, U.S. Army
Company E, 3d Infantry
Date of Action: October 5 - 6, 1898
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Kelly, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in an engagement with hostile Chippewa Indians at Leech Lake, Minnesota, October 5 - 6, 1918. Sergeant Kelly displayed extraordinary heroism in assuming, upon the death of his commanding officer, the command of the skirmishers on the right of the line. With utter disregard for his own personal safety he so gallantly led and directed his men that this action had much to do with the subsequent victorious result of the engagement.
General Orders No. No. 14, W.D., 1928
Home Town: Ft. Snelling, MN

KRESS, JOHN A.
Captain, U.S. Army
Ordnance Department,
Date of Action: July 8, 1878
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John A. Kress, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Umatilla, Oregon, July 8, 1878. Captain Kress volunteered, though not charged with combat duties, to organized and lead an expedition against bands of hostile Piute-Bannock Indians and to prevent their crossing the Columbia river. Captain Kress seized a river boat and equipped it as a gunboat and by his gallant and fearless leadership in patrolling the Columbia River was successful in five attacks upon the Indians, both on land and from the river; succeeded in capturing and killing their horses, destroyed their boats, arms, and ammunition, and camp equipage, thus frustrating their plan of spreading the war among the Indians to the North.
General Orders No. 7, W.D., 1925
Home Town: Elmira, NY