Henry Rysdyk Blackham
Home Town: Jersey City, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Rysdyk Blackham, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brabant, France, October 11, 1918. Although severely wounded by machine-gun fire, Lieutenant Blackham refused to go to the rear and continued to lead his company until he was killed.