Adolph Holtz
Home Town: North Plymouth, MA
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Adolph Holtz, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Trugny Woods, near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 23, 1918. Private Holtz, with two other men in an advanced position ahead of the battalion, charged a machine- gun, killed four of the enemy, and drove off the rest, thereby making possible the advance of their comrades.
