William R. Richey, Jr.
Home Town: laurens, SC
General Orders No. No. 49, W.D., 1922
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William R. Richey, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 29 – 30, 1918. Although badly gassed during the night of September 28, Captain Richey nevertheless remained in command of his company and with utter disregard of personal danger, twice led it in the attack on successive days and was not evacuated until completely exhausted on September 30, 1918.
