Marvin L. Atkins
Home Town: Lakeville, CT
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marvin L. Atkins, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. Continuing in action after being gassed, Lieutenant Atkins displayed exceptional personal bravery when the advance of his platoon was checked by heavy machine-gun fire, in seizing the gun of a wounded soldier and attacking a machine-gun, which he silenced and captured. Under the inspiration of this fearless act his company overcame several other machine-gun emplacements and reached the objective.
