Arthur Heritier
Home Town: Linwood, MI
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur Heritier, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on Hill No. 212, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. After one man had been killed and two others wounded in attempting to render first aid to a lieutenant who lay mortally wounded in an area that was subjected to fire from enemy machine guns and snipers, Private first Class Heritier successfully reached the lieutenant and gave him first aid, risking his own life in doing so.
