George E. Burr

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George E. Burr, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, August 2, 1918. Sergeant Burr, in charge of a detachment, strung wire far in advance of the front lines, working through a heavy artillery fire, to the point where the regimental post of command was to be situated, 100 yards from the enemy line. When he was ordered to leave one man at the instrument, while the rest of the detachment returned to the rear, Sergeant Burr himself volunteered, and remained alone at this dangerous position.