Merl Doty
Home Town: Rockwell City, IA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Merl Doty, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaurevoir, France, October 6, 1918. Corporal Doty volunteered and crossed an open space swept by fire from enemy machine-guns and snipers to rescue wounded comrades.
