Hugh W. Macnair
Born:
Home Town: Houghton, MI
Status:
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hugh W. MacNair, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action October 5, 1918, at Ostel (Aisne), France. Having just been relieved after 48 hours of strenuous duty, Private First Class MacNair volunteered to drive an ambulance to an advanced regimental post under constant and intense fire. While engaged in this dangerous mission he suffered a wound which necessitated amputation of his right leg.