Herbert E. Barry
Home Town: Brainerd, MN
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert E. Barry, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fey-en-Haye, France, September 12, 1918. Sergeant Barry, while carrying a message through a heavy barrage, was knocked down by shell explosions several times, but with heroic devotion to duty he continued on and delivered his message. On the return trip he was rendered unconscious for three hours by a shell. Upon being revived he immediately reported to battalion headquarters for duty.
