Horace L. Holloway
Home Town: Richmond, VA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Horace L. Holloway, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, October 23, 1918. During an offensive action in Boissois Bois Sergeant Holloway remained at his post under the most hazardous circumstances. In the open, under fire of machine guns and 77s, he kept his mortar going for 57 minutes, firing 230 bombs. Repeatedly knocked down by concussion of exploding shells, he only ceased firing when exhausted.
