Henry E. Bateman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry E. Bateman, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 12 – 13, 1918. After all the battalion runners had become casualties, Lieutenant Bateman volunteered and carried important messages to the rear through violent artillery and machine-gun fire. The next day this officer went through a wood occupied by enemy machine-gun nests and snipers and established liaison with three companies in an advanced position.