Thomas B. Anderson
Home Town: Latrobe, PA
General Orders No. No. 1, W.D., 1926
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas B. Anderson, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Courmont, France, July 30th and near Baslieux, France, September 5th, 1918. Leading his battalion in an attack, Major Anderson refused to be evacuated when wounded and gassed, until the objective had been gained and the position consolidated. His courage was an inspiration to his men. Five weeks later he was killed while leading a patrol across open ground, swept by heavy fire, against an enemy machine-gun nest.
