Wilkinson, Harold - War Hero

WILKINSON

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/9/2004 at 06:37:47

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Harold Wilkinson, private, Company B, 16th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. When the enemy was forming for a counter attack he carried messages three times through their heavy barrage, and although in an exhausted condition from that work, he remained with his company throughout the entire operations.

Residence at enlistment: Williams, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 373

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall