Ben Hope
Home Town: Huntsville, AL
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ben Hope, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 26, 1918. After he had been wounded in the head Private Hope continued to advance against the enemy until he had been wounded three more times. He died as a result of these wounds.
