Philip De M. Vosburgh

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Philip De M. Vosburgh, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the vicinity of Bony, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Vosburgh exposed himself to direct observation and fire from the enemy in leaving a place of shelter to go to the assistance of a wounded officer. Upon reaching the officer he was hit in the knee by a machine-gun bullet, causing him to fall back into the trench, dragging the officer with him.