Harry H. Marsh
Home Town: Paxton, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry H. Marsh, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. Lieutenant Marsh, with a force of 50 men, took a line of trenches, at the same time capturing prisoners greatly in excess of the members of his own command. It was due to his gallant example that this feat was accomplished. Lieutenant Marsh was killed by machine-gun fire as the trench was taken.