Williamson Alfred Smith

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Williamson Alfred Smith, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of the La Selle River, France, October 17, 1918. Having become separated from his company in a fog, Private Smith, an automatic rifle gunner, attached himself to a company in the attacking wave and continued in the advance. Working his way through heavy machine-gun and shellfire he put his automatic rifle into action, poured an enfilading fire on the enemy and aided materially in breaking the hostile resistance at a critical time.