Dewey Phillips
Home Town: Saginaw, MI
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dewey Phillips, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, July 31, 1918. While his company was waiting orders, after having reached the crest of Hill 212, Private Phillips voluntarily left his place and went for a message when an approaching runner was seen to fall, too badly wounded to reach the company. This act was done voluntarily and under the direct fire of the enemy’s machine-guns, as well as the terrific bombardment to which the hill was then subjected.
