Herman Forth
Home Town: Wayne City, IL
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herman Forth, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Barricourt, France, November 2, 1918. Private Forth in the face of enemy machine-gun fire, went to the aid of two severely wounded soldiers, carried them into a shell hole, dressed their wounds, and, while endeavoring to get the blankets from the packs of the wounded men, was struck in the head by a machine-gun bullet and instantly killed.
