David H. Underwood
Home Town: Tecumeseh, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 66, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to David H. Underwood, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 6, 1918. With exceptional courage Private Underwood went out under heavy fire from enemy machine-guns and snipers and rescued a wounded runner who had strayed into the enemy’s lines by mistake.