Deane E. Ackers
Home Town: Abilene, KS
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Deane E. Ackers, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 22, 1918. Lieutenant Ackers assumed command of several detachments which were nearly surrounded by superior forces of the enemy, and with singular gallantry and leadership fought his way through the enemy lines back to our positions.
