William H. Peters

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. Peters, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois-de- Chaume, France, October 10, 1918. When the advance of his platoon was held up by an enemy machine-gun, Private Peters on his own initiative flanked the position, killed the gunner, and captured the rest of the crew, thereby allowing the platoon to advance.