Ford J. Hendershot
Home Town: Bad Axe, MI
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ford J. Hendershot, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918. After all his men had been wounded by the intense artillery shelling of the enemy, during the offensive of July 15, Corporal Hendershot went to their aid, applying first aid and guiding litter bearers to the dressing station. He went put again and brought a wounded comrade in on his back under constant heavy fire.
