J. Clyde Beers

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to J. Clyde Beers, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, July 29, 1918. After an unsuccessful attack on the Bois-de-Grimpettes, Mechanic Beers went out alone in front of our line, in plain view of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun fire from the front and flank, and gathered up the Chauchat rifles and Musette bags of ammunition which had been abandoned by wounded men. He made several trips, distributing the badly needed equipment to the advanced elements of our line.