Louis Francis Hart

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis Francis Hart, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Houppy Bois, Molleville, France, October 28, 1918. Volunteering to accompany a runner who had been ordered to carry an important message from his platoon commander to the battalion commander through a zone swept by heavy artillery fire, and with disregard for own safety, he proceeded to carry out his mission until struck and killed by an enemy shell.