Harrison A. Dickson
Home Town: Jacksonville, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 74, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harrison A. Dickson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. When his company was held up by heavy machine-gun fire, First Lieutenant Dickson ordered his men to lie down and went out alone, facing intense fire, in an effort to capture the hostile nest. Shortly after starting forward, he was shot through the heart.