Ludwig L. Everson
Home Town: Joplin, MO
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ludwig L. Everson, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, France, September 26, 1918. Meeting with stubborn resistance from the enemy, First Lieutenant Everson reorganized scattered personnel from other units, attached them to his platoon and continued to advance. When mortally wounded, he refused all assistance, ordering his detachment forward.
