World War 1 Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross
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Born: at Greece Home Town: New York, New York *Thomas, William
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Thomas, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 302d Engineers, 77th Division, A.E.F., near Chevieres, France, October 13, 1918. Sergeant Thomas accompanied an officer on a reconnaissance, searching for possible locations for crossing the Aire River. They crossed open ground subject to shell fire and under direct observation of the enemy. On reaching the river they were exposed to machine-gun and snipers' fire. Both he and the officer failed to return, and their bodies were afterwards discovered in the Aire River, where they had fallen later, being killed or wounded by enemy fire.
Born: at South Wales Home Town: Yonkers, New York Thompson, Cecil E.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cecil E. Thompson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, A.E.F., near Eclisfontaine, France, September 28, 1918. Engaged in scouting duty, Private Thompson went forward on his own initiative, and located the position of the enemy on our front. After an all-night exploit, he returned with this information. Without rest, he went out in the morning and located a troublesome machine-gun nest.
Born: at Sacramento, California Home Town: Fellows, California Thompson, Charles W.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles W. Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Machine-Gun Company, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Vaux-Andigny, France, October 11, 1918. When his machine-gun position on the flank of the line became untenable, Sergeant Thompson crawled 20 yards in front of the position and opened fire with his rifle covering the withdrawal of the crew and thereby saving both gun and crew from capture.
Born: at Warrick County, Indiana Home Town: Lynnville, Indiana Thompson, Clarence W.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence W. Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery F, 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Greves Farm, France, July 15, 1918. Responding to a call for volunteers, Sergeant Thompson, with eight other soldiers, manned two guns of a French battery, which had been deserted by the French during the unprecedented fire, after many casualties had been inflicted on their forces. For two hours he remained at his post and poured an effective fire into the ranks of the enemy.
Born: at Belmont, Ohio Home Town: Van Norman, Montana *Thompson, Clifford
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clifford Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 166th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Sommerance, France, October 23, 1918. Seeing an ignited hand grenade in the midst of the platoon, Sergeant Thompson without hesitation, seized the grenade and attempted to throw it from the ditch. When leaving his hand the grenade exploded, seriously wounding him, but his act saved the lives of many of his men.
Born: at Troy, Ohio Home Town: Troy, Ohio Thompson, Edward N.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward N. Thompson, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, A.E.F., near Mount Kemmel, Belgium, August 31, 1918. When the two platoons commanded by him met, with heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Thompson placed his men under cover, and single-handed went forward to reconnoiter his objective in the face of heavy shell and machine-gun fire.
Born: at New York, New York Home Town: New York, New York Thompson, Emmett
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmett Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 370th Infantry Regiment, 93d Division, A.E.F., at Mont-de-Sanges, France, September 20, 1918, to October 1, 1918. After others had failed, Sergeant Thompson, then a corporal, volunteered and took charge of a detail to secure rations. He succeeded in this mission under very dangerous and trying conditions, and, notwithstanding the fact that his detachment suffered numerous casualties, he remained on this duty, and continued to supply the company with rations until completely exhausted.
Born: at La Belle, Missouri Home Town: Quincy, Illinois Thompson, George F.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George F. Thompson, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 2d Division, A.E.F., in the Retz Forest, France. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: That the President is authorized to present, in the name of Congress, a Distinguished Service Cross to George F. Thompson, of the United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous bravery while serving as a private in the Marine Corps on the morning of July 18, 1918, at the forest of Retz.
Thompson, George M. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George M. Thompson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 107th Field Artillery, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Montblainville, France, September 26, 1918. For five hours after he had been severely wounded in the arm, Private Thompson maintained liaison between the infantry and supporting artillery, repeatedly carrying messages through the terrific fire, and, being the only means of communication, greatly aided in the success of the attack. He went to the rear only when ordered to do so by his commanding officer.
Born: at Springdale, Pennsylvania Home Town: Springdale, Pennsylvania Thompson, George Richard
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Richard Thompson, First Lieutenant (Signal Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 105th Field Signal Battalion, 117th Infantry (Attached), 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt. France, September 29, 1918. With another officer and 24 soldiers, Lieutenant Thompson was proceeding to the front line to establish an advance message center, when the detachment was caught in the enemy's counter barrage. Although seriously wounded himself, Lieutenant Thompson assisted in dressing the wounds of his men and then continued the work of establishing communication until he was forced to be evacuated two hours later.
Born: at Washington, D.C. Home Town: Forest Glen, Maryland *Thompson, Henry L.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry L. Thompson, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Vaux- en-Dieulet, France, November 3, 1918. Although painfully wounded, Captain Thompson led his battalion to the outskirts of Vaux-en-Dieulet, the advance being without artillery support and accomplished only by effective rifle fire. This officer himself set an example for his men by killing with a rifle two German machine-gunners at a distance of 500 yards. He was again seriously wounded after reaching the objective while making dispositions for defense against counter attacks.
Born: at Athol, Massachusetts Home Town: Columbus, South Carolina Thompson, John W.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John W. Thompson, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, A.E.F., near Le Grande Savart, west of Fismette, France, August 10, 1918. First Sergeant Thompson showed remarkable bravery and disregard of personal danger when, with two other soldiers, he attacked a German machine gun, killed the crew, and then with deadly effect turned the gun upon other machine-guns and hostile infantry which were in position near by. The crews of all the other German machine-guns were killed, ten machine-guns were captured, and the way cleared for the further advance of the American forces.
Born: at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *Thompson, John W., Jr.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John W. Thompson, Jr., Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With another soldier, Corporal Thompson rushed a hostile machine-gun which was firing on his company, and killed two of the enemy. He then continued to advance close behind the barrage and displayed great bravery in the attack. Shortly before the company's objective was reached he was severely wounded, and has since died of his wounds.
Born: at Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Home Town: Mount Pleasant, Tennessee Thompson, John William
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John William Thompson, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Fifty-Fifth Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 4, 1918. After locating a machine-gun nest, Private Thompson destroyed one of the guns and returned to our lines with valuable information concerning the location of the nest.
Born: at Middlebury, Vermont Home Town: Middlebury, Vermont Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action) *Thompson, Lawrence E. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Lawrence E. Thompson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. In order to ascertain the location of a machine-gun which was inflicting heavy losses upon his platoon, Corporal Thompson unhesitatingly went forward and was killed in the performance of this courageous duty.
Born: at McDowell County, West Virginia Home Town: Minden, West Virginia Thompson, Orlen Nelson
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Orlen Nelson Thompson, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., near the Argonne Forest, France, September 26, 1918. In the course of a successful advance, in which ten of the enemy had been captured, Lieutenant Thompson was severely wounded in the head by a shell fragment, but, after regaining consciousness, he refused assistance and carefully transmitted all orders and information to the second-in-command. Though he was weak from loss of blood, he went to the rear unaided, taking with him ten prisoners.
Born: at Cleveland, Ohio Home Town: Detroit, Michigan *Thompson, Orrie
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Orrie Thompson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., in the woods north of Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, on August 1, 1918. After his company had entered the woods north of Cierges, Sergeant Thompson and another soldier maneuvered around a machine- gun, which was causing many casualties in the company, and reached a shell hole after crossing an open space that was swept by hostile fire. From here they killed the crew of the machine-gun, captured the gun, and turned it on the enemy.
Born: at Bango, Michigan Home Town: Kalamazoo, Michigan *Thompson, Robert E.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert E. Thompson, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 96th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., between Chambley and Xammes, France, September 13, 1918. While acting as observer of a flight of three airplanes they were attacked by a flight of fifteen enemy airplanes. Despite the fact that his formation was surrounded by overwhelming numbers of the enemy, Lieutenant Thompson continued his mission and bombed his objective. In the fight which followed Lieutenant Thompson and his pilot fought gallantly, thus enabling another airplane of the flight to return with valuable information of the enemy. In this fight Lieutenant Thompson's airplane was shot down and both he and his pilot were killed when their airplane crashed to the ground.
Born: at Oenaville, Texas Home Town: Temple, Texas Thompson, Simon M.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Simon M. Thompson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Medeah, Ferme, France, October 8, 1918. Under intense machine-gun fire during a counterattack following a heavy artillery barrage, Private Thompson, with another soldier, checked the attack for a considerable distance, killing ten of the enemy, including two officers, and keeping off the hostile party with his pistol while loading his rifle with his other hand.
Born: at Carlton, Minnesota Home Town: Libby, Minnesota Thompson, Waldo
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Waldo Thompson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 2d Field Signal Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Exermont, France, October 5, 1918. Corporal Thompson voluntarily went forward in the face of a most destructive bombardment, and kept in repair the telephone line connecting the infantry and artillery, thereby assuring the close co-operation between these two elements.
Born: at Denmark Home Town: Opportunity, Montana Thompson, William Darius
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Darius Thompson, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 2d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. By skillfully employing his machine-guns, Captain Thompson silenced the fire of hostile guns, which were holding up the progress of the infantry. He also led an attack on several nests with the aid of tanks, and, when his objective was reached and his guns placed, he returned through the heavy barrage and brought up a platoon of infantry which had been lost. He was severely wounded in this last exploit.
Born: at Midland, Michigan Home Town: Port Huron, Michigan *Thompson, William J.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Thompson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Villers-sur-Fere, France, July 28, 1918. On duty as sniper of the assaulting battalion, Private Thompson assisted a runner who had been mortally wounded, relieved him of his message, and although mortally wounded himself delivered the dispatch to his company commander, dying shortly thereafter. His heroic conduct was an inspiration to his regiment.
Born: at New York, New York Home Town: New York, New York Thomson, Harold
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold Thomson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, October 16, 1918. With four other soldiers, Corporal Thomson pushed out on the right flank of his company, and, by well directed fire, gained fire superiority for our forces, captured eight of the enemy, including an officer, and drove off a large number of others. His skillful leadership was of material assistance in facilitating the advance of the platoon.
Born: at Salt Lake City, Utah Home Town: St. Anthony, Idaho Thomson, James C.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James C. Thomson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bouresches, France, July 20, 1918. When wounded in the right arm Private Thomson refused to be relieved from duty and continued the operation of his automatic rifle with his left hand. Later he volunteered to act as runner, and continued this duty until he fell exhausted.
Born: at Scotland Home Town: Cambridge, Massachusetts Thorf, Abraham
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Abraham Thorf, Supply Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, A.E.F., near Gesnes, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Thorf, although badly wounded crawled 500 meters under heavy shell fire to deliver important papers to his company commander.
Born: at Russia Home Town: Rexburg, Idaho Thornburg, Zebulon B.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Zebulon B. Thornburg, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Montbrehain, France, October 8 - 16, 1918. Although he was severely wounded on October 8 to such an extent that eating was impossible, First Lieutenant Thornburg remained as second in command until the night of October 16, when he was again wounded during an advance by his company.
Born: at Cabarrus County, North Carolina Home Town: Concord, North Carolina *Thorne, Charles E.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles E. Thorne, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery C, 147th Field Artillery, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Nantillois, France, September 29, 1918. While on duty with his battery as a lineman, Private Thorne saw a soldier fall wounded by shell fragments. Leaving his shelter, Private Thorne went through concentrated shell fire to the assistance of the wounded soldier and in endeavoring to rescue him was himself killed by the explosion of a shell.
Born: at Omaha, Nebraska Home Town: Pierre, South Dakota Thorngate, George
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Thorngate, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 6th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Romagne, France, October 14 - 15, 1918. Being seriously wounded, Lieutenant Thorngate displayed marked devotion to duty by refusing to go to the rear and remaining in command of his company until next day.
Born: at North Loup, Nebraska Home Town: Milton, Wisconsin Thornhill, Walter P.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter P. Thornhill, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, September 12, 1918, Advancing alone and under fire, Corporal Thornhill captured a machine-gun and eight prisoners.
Born: at Newfoundland Home Town: Fairfield, Maine Thornley, James R.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James R. Thornley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 102d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., at Seicheprey, France, April 20, 1918. Wounded early on the morning of April 20, 1918, Corporal Thornley displayed great gallantry and devotion to duty in continuing to urge his men to defend their positions, aiding greatly in the defense of same by climbing in a tree and from there shouting out directions as to the enemy's location.
Born: at Fall River, Massachusetts Home Town: Fall River, Massachusetts Thornton, Joseph
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Thornton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, A.E.F., near Thiaucourt, France, September 12, 1918. By the effective use of an automatic rifle, Private Thornton advanced without aid on the entrenched position of the enemy, forcing their surrender. Despite severe wounds, he continued to advance and assisted in locating and routing other machine-gun nests.
Born: at Brookside, Ohio Home Town: Glencoe, Ohio Thornton, Robert M.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert M. Thornton, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 26, 1918. After being wounded, Corporal Thornton remained in command of his squad and continued to direct the fire of their two automatic rifles for more than two hours and until he had been wounded three more times. Yüklə 3,43 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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