Harry L. Greenwood

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry L. Greenwood, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Malancourt, France, September 26, 1918. On September 26 Sergeant Greenwood personally led a patrol of four men against a machine-gun which was holding up the advance, captured the gun and nine prisoners. He inspired his men to greater effort by his excellent example, under heavy machine-gun fire, and was killed while reorganizing his platoon after a counterattack.