Clinton L. Whiting

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clinton L. Whiting, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near La Harazee, France, September 26 – 28, 1918. During the advance in the Argonne Forest, Lieutenant Whiting exposed himself fearlessly to enemy machine- gun and sniper fire while leading his men and consolidating his position, which was in a marsh covered with wire grass and stunted brush. He continued to lead his men with utter disregard for personal danger until he fell seriously wounded by a machine-gun bullet on the afternoon of September 28 near Binarville.