William Hepburn
Home Town: Hartford, CT
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Hepburn, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 24, 1918. With only a handful of men, Lieutenant Hepburn charged a machine-gun nest, killing or wounding the whole crew. He silenced the fire of five different guns, and, in taking the last, he was severely wounded about the head. He continued, however, until his mission was accomplished and the gun silenced.
