Herman D. Gentry
Home Town: Huntsville, AL
General Orders No. No. 22, W.D., 1926
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman D. Gentry, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Pexonne, France, March 5, 1918. Private Gentry showed courageous devotion to duty by remaining at his post under heavy shell fire. He died March 11, 1918, of wounds that were received in action while fighting gallantly.
