Ross H. Boas
Home Town: Harrisburg, PA
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ross H. Boas, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. After being wounded, Lieutenant Boas continued to lead two platoons of engineers, acting as infantry in the protection of the flank of the brigade, for three days, exposed to terrific machine-gun and artillery fire throughout the attack, during which time more than two-thirds of his detachment were lost.
