George Richard Thompson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Richard Thompson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt. France, September 29, 1918. With another officer and 24 soldiers, Lieutenant Thompson was proceeding to the front line to establish an advance message center, when the detachment was caught in the enemy’s counter barrage. Although seriously wounded himself, Lieutenant Thompson assisted in dressing the wounds of his men and then continued the work of establishing communication until he was forced to be evacuated two hours later.