George W. Powell
Home Town: Camden, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George W. Powell, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 12, 1918. After all the men of his command except himself and two other soldiers had been killed or wounded, Sergeant Powell took charge of a machine-gun and remained in an isolated position for four days, keeping his men constantly in action and inflicting many casualties on the enemy.