Harry E. Forrest
Home Town: Baltimore, MD
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry E. Forrest, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 26, 1918. Sergeant Forrest led his platoon in attack against an enemy machine-gun nest which was impeding the progress of his company. During the course of the exploit he was killed y fire from the nest, but his action enabled his men to accomplish the capture of 12 of the enemy who were manning the guns in the nest.
