Clyde M. Boyd

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clyde M. Boyd, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, France, July 14 & 15, 1918. Private Boyd’s position as 37-millimeter gunner was subjected to an all-night shelling, so intense that, although wounded, he would not allow his comrades to carry him to safety until the bombardment slackened. He remained for three hours after being wounded, and when examined it was found that he had received 22 wounds.