Howard R. Conover
Home Town: Trenton, NJ
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard R. Conover, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 20, 1918. Although painfully wounded in the hand Private Conover went to the assistance of a wounded comrade who was lying helpless in an exposed position. He carried him from the front a distance of 400 yards on his back, and when forced to relinquish his burden because of exhaustion, he informed and directed stretcher bearers, thus assuring the safety of his comrade.
