Howard C. Mccall

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard C. McCall, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chezy, France, July 19, 1918. After his company had suffered heavy losses in taking its immediate objective, Captain McCall placed himself at the head of his command and led his men forward in the face of violent shell and machine-gun fire, until he fell mortally wounded, cheering his men on with his last words.