Kenneth Gow
Home Town: Summit, NJ
General Orders No. No. 1, W.D., 1926
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Kenneth Gow, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. While supply officer for his company, Lieutenant Gow personally took rations forward with a pack mule through continuous shell and machine-gun fire. When all officers of his company were either killed or wounded, he assumed command and led it forward through heavy shell and machine-gun fire. He was killed on October 17.
