Gust Billis
Home Town: Menomonie, WI
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Gust Billis, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois- d’Amont, France October 12, 1918. With disregard for his personal safety, Sergeant Billis saved the life of an officer of his company by attacking and killing two Germans who were about to strike the officer in the back. Later the same day he attacked, of his own accord, several machine-gun nests, always returning with prisoners, machine guns, or both.
