Nelson Burleigh
Home Town: Flint, MI
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nelson Burleigh, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. Although severely wounded, Private Burleigh crawled to an exposed and dangerous place where a comrade lay seriously injured and rendered first aid, thereby saving his comrade’s life.
