William Herren

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Herren, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville-Savoye, France, August 7, 1918. Sergeant Herren carried guns and ammunition to the front line platoons through an intense barrage after several carrying details had failed to get through. He then volunteered to stay with the right flank platoon, which was under heavy fire in an exposed position. During the afternoon, he and one other man pushed forward with a captured machine gun, and assisted materially in breaking up several hostile counterattacks during the day.