Chester W. Blakeman
Home Town: Horse Cave, KY
General Orders 70, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester W. Blakeman, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the Meuse River, France, November 1 – 4, 1918. After being wounded by machine-gun fire, Sergeant Blakeman treated his wound himself and continued to lead his men under heavy shell and machine-gun fire until he was again wounded and ordered to a first aid station.
