Harold C. Strother
Home Town: Ripon, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold C. Strother, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Steenbrugge, Belgium, October 31, 1918. Advancing under heavy machine-gun fire, with the aid of two other soldiers, Corporal Strother silenced the fire of a strongly fortified machine-gun position which was causing severe losses in his ranks. His action made possible the further advance not only of his own platoon but also the company on his left.