Samuel T. Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel T. Smith, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. When his platoon had been caught in an enemy barrage and all the cannoneers except two had been killed, he made repeated trips into the shelled area to remove the wounded to a place of safety. He refused any treatment for four wounds which he had received until all his men had received medical treatment.