Harry J. Harbison
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry J. Harbison, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action west of Berzy-le- Sec, France, July 20, 1918. Although severely wounded in the leg by machine-gun fire, Private Harbison refused to go to the rear, bandaged his own wound, and advanced with his platoon until its final objective was reached.