William H. Mccarthy

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. McCarthy, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 2, 1918. During an artillery bombardment Private McCarthy was wounded and rendered unconscious by the explosion of a large shell. Upon recovering consciousness he gave no thought to his own wound but devoted himself to the rescue of other wounded and carried them through enemy fire to a place of shelter.