Grover W. Calhoun

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Grover W. Calhoun, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. Private Calhoun distinguished himself by exceptional coolness and heroic handling of his gun. While under intense fire he inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy, thereby materially aiding the advance, and was killed on July 19, 1918, while seeking an advantageous position during the advance of that date.