Edward C. Harris
Home Town: Wendell, NC
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward C. Harris, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grimaucourt, France, November 11, 1918. Under the fire of three machine guns, firing upon him from different directions, Lieutenant Harris took his gun through the enemy wire and mounted it. He would not permit his men to remain in such a dangerous position, and, after being wounded severely, ordered his men to leave him.
