AMEDD Distinguished Service Cross Recipients

BARNES, WALTER K.
Acting Hospital Steward, U.S. Army
Hospital Corps
Date of Action: June 3, 1900
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter K. Barnes, Acting Hospital Steward, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action on June 3, 1900, at Province of Bulacan, Philippine Islands, during an engagement with insurgents for going forward to the firing line and applying first-aid dressing to a soldier who had been wounded fatally.
General Orders: D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: Birmingham, AL

HERTER, OTTO
Private, U.S. Army
Hospital Corps
Date of Action: March 27, 1903
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Otto Herter, Private, U.S. Army, for distinguished service during an engagement with ladrones near Bago-Buntay, Rizal, Philippine Islands, on March 27, 1903.
General Orders: D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: Stuttgart, Germany

LEONARD, CHARLES L.
Hospital Steward, U.S. Army
Hospital Service
Date of Action: April 8, 1903
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles L. Leonard, Hospital Steward, U.S. Army, for distinguished gallantry in the assault on Fort Bacolod, Lake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, April 8, 1903.
General Orders: D.S.C. issued in lieu of the certificate of merit and the D.S.M. under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 5, 1931.
Home Town: Lancaster, PA

LEWIS, WILLIAM F.
Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army
U.S. Army
Date of Action: January 7, 1905
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William F. Lewis, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Laksamana Usap's Cotta, island of Jolo, Philippine Islands, January 7, 1905. During the attack on the cotta, Captain Lewis showed great gallantry and courage when he went into the line of fire to the assistance of a badly wounded soldier, whom he rescued and carried to the dressing station, where the man later died.
General Orders No. No. 4, W.D., 1923
Home Town: Kingston, NC