William H. Higgins
Home Town: Lockport, NY
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. Higgins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Loges, France, October 16, 1918. Although painfully wounded early in an attack, Sergeant Higgins refused to be evacuated and continued to lead his platoon in the advance, displaying marked personal bravery.
