Philip F. Smith
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Home Town: Baltimore, MD
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General Orders No. 16, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Philip F. Smith, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 13, 1918. During a heavy artillery barrage on the night of October 13, two men having been killed next to him and one severely wounded, Private Smith, disregarding his personal safety, carried the wounded man through the barrage to the company headquarters; knocked down by a shell splinter and severely bruised, be continued with the wounded man to first-aid station.