Harry B. Doremus
Home Town: Hackensack, NJ
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry B. Doremus, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, October 27, 1918. Having been ordered to establish liaison between his company and the support unit on the right, Captain Doremus led his detail to its objective under heavy machine- gun fire. The successful completion of his work saved a most serious situation, but in the performance of his duty he was killed.
