Harvey S. Hester
Home Town: Asheville, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harvey S. Hester, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux Andigny, France, October 10, 1918. Although severely wounded in the back by shrapnel, Lieutenant Hester led his platoon forward, covering a flank of his battalion which was exposed to heavy enemy fire.