Benjamin Buck

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Benjamin Buck, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 14, 1918. Corporal Buck advanced alone beyond the front lines, through a terrific barrage and in the face of unusually active machine-gun fire, to the rescue of a wounded comrade. While making his way through the wood he came upon two other members of the company whom he utilized as a patrol attacking and capturing an enemy machine-gun nest, together with six prisoners. He then went to the rescue of the wounded soldier, forcing the prisoners to carry the man to the rear.