Thomas W. Butcher
Home Town: Fort Worth, TX
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas W. Butcher, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers-devant-Dun, France, November 2, 1918. Having been wounded in the back by a machine-gun bullet, Corporal Butcher led his squad through heavy machine-gun fire, capturing three guns and capturing or killing all of the crews.
