Horace Smotherman
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Horace Smotherman, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gercourt, France, September 26, 1918. Advancing, on his own initiative, under heavy artillery, snipersÂ’, and machine-gun fire, Private Smotherman threw a grenade into a snipers’ post, fire from which had held up our advance. His grenade killed the snipers and allowed a renewal of the advance which proved successful.
