Cecil E. Barnett
Home Town: Pittsburgh Landing, TN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cecil E. Barnett, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 8 – 9, 1918. After repeatedly carrying messages under heavy fire, Private Barnett was painfully wounded while acting as a connecting file, but he continued on duty until he was ordered to the dressing station. He then insisted on being permitted to rejoin his company rather than be sent to the hospital.
