Hugh C. Parker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh C. Parker, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois De Ogon, France, October 10, 1918. While his platoon was being held up by machine-gun fire, and the casualties were becoming very heavy, Lieutenant Parker crawled forward to within bombing distance of the enemy, and by killing one and capturing two of the enemy with their machine-guns, he enabled his platoon to continue its advance.