Henry Arthur West
Home Town: Riverton, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Arthur West, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Molain, France, October 17, 1918. With another soldier, Private First Class West volunteered to go out across an open space swept by heavy machine-gun fire, for 150 yards, to rescue two wounded soldiers. The mission was accomplished successfully.