Samuel I. Parker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel I. Parker, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 5, 1918. With total disregard for his own personal danger, Lieutenant Parker advanced directly on a machine-gun 150 yards away while the enemy were firing directly at him, and killed the gunner with his pistol. In the town of Exermont his platoon was almost surrounded after having taken several prisoners and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy; but despite the fact that only a few men of the platoon were left, continued to fight until other troops came to their aid.