Donald K. De Laite
Home Town: Portage, ME
General Orders No. No. 27, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Donald K. De Laite, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 15, 1918. As a member of a gun crew Private De Laite kept his gun in action during heavy enemy bombardment. When 3 shells exploded among the gun crew, killing or wounding all of them, Private De Laite, although fatally wounded, disregarded his own wounds and went to obtain aid for his wounded comrades.
