Courtney S. Henley
Home Town: Birmingham, AL
General Orders No. 105, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Courtney S. Henley, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of the Sommerance-St. Juvin Road, France, October 11, 1918. Captain Henley led a part of three enlisted men in an attack on an enemy machine-gun position which was doing considerable damage to our forces. Under intense hostile fire his attack drove the enemy gunners from the machine-gun nest.
