Edward Elsworth, Jr.
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Elsworth, Jr., First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Claires-Chenes Woods, France, October 20, 1918. When two machine-gun nests were holding up the advance of his company, Lieutenant Elsworth took three soldiers and by daring and skillful maneuvering captured both guns. Later in the same day Lieutenant Elsworth charged another machine-gun nest and was killed.
