Henry W. Willard
Home Town: Slaterville Springs, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry W. Willard, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de- Belleau, France, on June 20, 1918. Corporal Willard went out of his position for a distance of 75 yards under heavy machine-gun fire, and by rifle fire took possession of one of the guns, brought it back, and proceeded to put it in operation against the Germans.