Harry C. Clark
Home Town: Cumberland, MD
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry C. Clark, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois- de-Montagne, France, October 15, 1918. Sergeant Clark remained for two days by himself in a sniper’s post in advance of the front line, killing 12 enemy scouts. When all of the officers of his company had been incapacitated this soldier took command and steadied his men by his own coolness and courage. He remained on duty until he was wounded while leading a combat liaison patrol.
