Byron W. Hamilton - War Hero

HAMILTON

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/20/2004 at 05:21:36

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Byron W. Hamilton, sergeant, Company M, 168th Infantry. When leading a rushing attack on machine guns on Hill 212, near Sergy, France, July 28, 1918, he found himself ahead of his line, so wounded as to be unable to stand on his feet. Attacked by 10 Germans of the Prussian Guards, he rose to his knees and shot five of them. The others fled.

Residence at enlistment: Pleasant Plains, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 364

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall