Clyde O. Curtis
Home Town: Stella, NE
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clyde O. Curtis, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Leading his platoon against an enemy battery in the face of direct fire, Sergeant Curtis personally killed the gunner and, with the aid of his men, either killed or wounded the entire crew, thus preventing further casualties on his troops.
