George Bell
Home Town: Athens, AL
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Bell, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lesseau, September 4, 1918. Although he was severely wounded, Private Bell remained at his post and continued to fight a superior enemy force which had attempted to enter our lines, thereby preventing the success of an enemy raid in force.
