Floyd A. Hughes

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Floyd A. Hughes, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 26 – 30, 1918. Mechanic Hughes was constantly on duty as a runner during the offensive west of the Meuse River, many times carrying messages through heavy machine-gun and shell fire. On September 30, when the enemy was reported to be forming for a counterattack on the left flank, Mechanic Hughes volunteered to take the information to the battalion commander. Passing through heavy shell fire he delivered the message in time to enable the battalion commander to protect the threatened flank, but he was killed by a shell on his return trip to his company.