William L. Hunter
Home Town: Vincent, OH
General Orders No. No. 5, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William L. Hunter, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Bois-du-Fays, France, September 26 – October 6, 1918. While on duty as a company runner, Private Hunter repeatedly carried messages when exposed to artillery and machine-gun fire. Although reduced to a state of physical exhaustion, he refused to be relieved and continued to perform his duty of maintaining liaison.
