Ernest V. Bollinger
Home Town: Little Rook, AR
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest V. Bollinger, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. Private Bollinger advanced on machine-gun snipers on the Paris- Soissons road, showing exceptional bravery by reaching the machine gun and killing the snipers with hand grenades and automatic rifle.