William Lee Davidson
Home Town: Chester, SC
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William Lee Davidson, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Verdun, France, October 12, 1918. Captain Davidson, while attending wounded under heavy fire, was himself wounded by several pieces of shell fragments. Regardless of his own wounds, he continued in his care of the wounded, refusing to be treated until his regiment was relieved from the line, when several pieces of shell were removed from his head and shoulders.
