Howard W. Bradshaw
Home Town: Akron, OH
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Howard W. Bradshaw, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. His Company being left without officers, Sergeant Bradshaw reorganized the company under severe shell fire. With absolute disregard for his personal safety he led the company against machine-gun emplacements until he was killed.