Earl Almon
Home Town: Warm Springs, AR
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl Almon, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. After the battalion commander and all the company officers had been killed or wounded, Captain Almon (then first lieutenant), battalion adjutant, took command, and although wounded by high explosive fire, reorganized the battalion under violent artillery and machine-gun fire and continued the advance. Although twice counterattacked, he reached and held his objective.
