Ivan H. Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ivan H. Smith, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during the forcing of a passage of the River Ourcq and the capture of the heights beyond, near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. Sergeant Smith captured a machine-gun single-handed and after being wounded while so doing so, reorganized his platoon before being taken back for first aid.