Walter S. Forehand
Home Town: South Mills, NC
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter S. Forehand, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Forehand showed exceptional bravery and devotion to duty by advancing with another soldier, though separated from his platoon, in the attack by his regiment on September 29, 1918. They found four privates, also lost in the smoke and fog; and, with this small party, proceeded toward the objective. During their advance, they surprised and captured ninety-two Germans, including several officers, without other aid. They succeeded in getting all of the prisoners back to the Military Police, and then rejoined their platoon.
