Louis S. Smith
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis S. Smith, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 27, 1918. Sergeant Smith advanced alone and silenced a machine-gun nest which was holding up the advance of his section.