Elwyn L. Berwick
Home Town: Alameda, CA
General Orders No. No. 27, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elwyn L. Berwick, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chery- Chartreuve, France, August 13, 1918. When an enemy shell struck his battery position, setting fire to a powder drum and killing or wounding 30 men, corporal Berwick, though himself wounded went into the burning dump at imminent risk to his life and assisted in extinguishing the flames. He then assisted in removing the other men before securing aid for himself. Refusing to be evacuated, he reported back to his battery with one arm in a sling and resumed his place as gunner.
