Edwin L. Beard
Home Town: Redfield, SD
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edwin L. Beard, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action after his platoon was practically wiped out and had been withdrawn near Chateau-Thierry, France, on June 6, 1918. Private Beard continued forward to his objective, and remained throughout the night under heavy fire in hope of keeping the ground gained until reinforcements came up.
