Edgar C. Davis
Home Town: Lewisburg, TN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar C. Davis, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Dun- sur-Meuse, France, November 5, 1918. Sergeant Davis. voluntarily advanced alone against an enemy machine-gun which was holding up his platoon, capturing four prisoners had failed in an attempt to cross the Marne, Sergeant Davis, with three companions, crossed the river in daylight and, in full view of the enemy, remained in enemy territory throughout the day.
