Henry E. Hacker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry E. Hacker, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Apremont, France, October 1, 1918. Private Hacker overheard a lieutenant report to the battalion commander the location of an enemy machine-gun nest which was causing heavy casualties among our troops. Due to heavy shelling, delay in the bringing up of a one- pounder crew was serious, and Private Hacker, realizing the need for immediately silencing the enemy machine-guns, acting on his own initiative, advanced alone over a fire-swept area for about 500 yards, attacked and captured the enemy crews of six men and two machine-guns and brought them back to our lines.