Casey H. Hayes

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Casey H. Hayes, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Greves Farm, France, July 15, 1918. Major Hayes, then on duty as battalion adjutant, assumed command during the absence of the battalion commander. Communication between battalion headquarters and the batteries had been cut off by an enemy bombardment of the greatest intensity, but this officer, in entire disregard for his own safety, went to each battery position and gave orders, the execution of which aided materially in stopping the German advance at a critical moment.