Herbert Morehead

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert Morehead, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, October 9, 1918. Sergeant Morehead led forward two reorganized squads of machine gunners during an intense shelling, in order to protect an open flank, on which a counter attack was imminent. Entirely exposed, he placed his guns in a most effective position, resisting until the enemy had been thrown back, although severely wounded in the combat.