William A. Cunningham
Home Town: Athens, GA
General Orders No. 13, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Cunningham, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sommerance, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Cunningham, though painfully wounded in the face by shrapnel when his battalion was seriously engaged, continued to lead his men through heavy shell fire, leading them with skill and inspiring them with courage.
