Tom D. Barto
Home Town: Bellingham, WA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 129, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tom D. Barto, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on the Vesle River, near Ville Savoye, France, August 11, 1918. Corporal Barto volunteered to go into Ville Savoye at a time when it was under a heavy bombardment to rescue a wounded officer.