Onal M. Cope
Home Town: Arrowsmith, IL
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Onal M. Cope, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 1 – 4, 1918. Acting as runner during the entire action Corporal Cope volunteered and carried messages making eight trips one night, exposed at all times to high explosives and gas shells and machine-gun fire.
