William Butler
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Butler, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Maison- de-Champagne, France, August 18, 1918. Sergeant Butler broke up a German raiding party which had succeeded in entering our trenches and capturing some of our men. With an automatic rifle he killed four of the raiding party and captured or put to flight the remainder of the invaders.
