Horace L. Smith, Jr.
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Home Town: Petersburg, VA
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General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Horace L. Smith, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Charpentry, France, October 4, 1918. While repairing roads, a large ammunition dump was set on fire by an enemy shell. Captain Smith with a party of his men, extinguished the flames and rescued a large quantity of ammunition and supplies, despite the threatened explosion, which would have destroyed the entire dump and blocked traffic at an important crossroad for hours.