Mclaurin Baker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to McLaurin Baker, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mazinghien, France, October 18, 1918. During the fighting around Mazinghien, Sergeant Baker, while attached to the 120th Infantry, was painfully wounded by shrapnel, which necessitated his going to the first-aid station for treatment. Realizing that his services were greatly needed at the line he refused to be evacuated, but remained in action until the troops were withdrawn.