Harold J. Devereaux
Home Town: Elsie, MI
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold J. Devereaux, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sergy, France, July 31, 1918. When his company had crossed the River Ourcq and captured the Bois Pelger, the corporal of his squad, fighting beside him, was wounded by machine-gun fire. The enemy continued to fire on the wounded man, and Private Devereaux, single- handed, with the fire of his rifle, attacked the machine gun and succeeded in putting it out of action.
