Howard F. Mercer

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard F. Mercer, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Stonne, France, November 6, 1918. Voluntarily leading a patrol for a flank attack on the town of Stonne, through unusual artillery fire and exacting machine-gun fire, Sergeant Mercer, leaving his patrol, went forward alone to draw fire from the nests in order to divert the enemy’s attention from the attacking patrol.