Herbert O. Champion
Home Town: Mooresboro, NC
General Orders No. No. 145, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert O. Champion, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Proven, Belgium, July 16, 1918. When an enemy airplane dropped a bomb in the camp of his organization killing one soldier and wounding seven including himself, Private Champion administered first aid to the other wounded, helped carry them to the dressing station, and there gave further assistance in dressing and evacuating the wounded men, never mentioning his own serious injuries until he knew that all the others had been cared for.
