Samuel Hill
Home Town: Apollo, PA
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Hill, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bethincourt, France, September 26, 1918. Assisted by three comrades, Private Hill volunteered and went to the aid of a platoon which was held up by machine-gun fire. Although being under constant fire of the enemy, he flanked the stronghold and by effective use of his automatic rifle killed two officers and three enlisted men and captured the gun.
