Hugh K. Gale
Home Town: Liberty, NM
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh K. Gale, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Cierges, France, October 4, 1918. When the attack on Hill 241 was held up, Private Gale led a few infantrymen and machine gunners forward under artillery and machine-gun fire to establish a new line about a kilometer in advance of our front lines. He was mortally wounded while making the dash forward.
