Henry J. Hoffman
Home Town: Virginia, MN
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry J. Hoffman, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, France, July 15, 1918. After telephonic communication had been severed, Private Hoffman volunteered and carried a message over territory perilously swept by shell fire. He was further hindered by being obliged to wear his gas mask, but the mission was successfully accomplished.
