Tom H. Smith
Born:
Home Town: Shamrock, OK
Status:
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tom H. Smith, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de- Consenvoye, France, October 18, 1918. Private Smith was with 20 men in the front line and for 40 hours they had been without food, the heavy bombardment preventing rations details from reaching them. As the men were losing their strength and morale this soldier voluntarily went through heavy shell fire to procure food, making repeated trips till all the men were supplied.