H. M. Barfield

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to H. M. Barfield, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. During the battle of the Marne, near Mezy, Lieutenant Barfield rallied the men of a company who were falling back in disorder, formed them and stopped what otherwise would have been a rout. This, in the face of heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. At the same time, he managed and controlled the fire of his four machine guns so as to deliver an annihilating fire on the enemy.