Hans E. Morgan
Home Town: Cherry Grove, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hans E. Morgan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, August 1, 1918. After all the other members of his automatic rifle squad had been wounded and evacuated and he himself wounded three times, Private Morgan remained at his post, operating his automatic rifle against a machine-gun nest until his supply of ammunition was exhausted. He then turned his rifle over to another squad before being evacuated.