Arthur M. Hamilton - War Hero

HAMILTON

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/20/2004 at 05:13:40

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Arthur M. Hamilton, (army serial No. 560474), corporal, Company E, 58th Infantry, 4th Division. For extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois de Fays, near Brieulles, France, October 6, 1918. Corporal Hamilton and a comrade, under heavy enemy fire, went to the rescue of wounded lying in advance of our lines and returned to our lines with two wounded American soldiers. In accomplishing this mission they advanced to within 75 yards of the enemy lines, over an area which the enemy raked with their fire.

Residence at enlistment: 928 Creston Avenue, Des Moines, 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