Elmer Heard
Home Town: Weleetka, OK
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elmer Heard, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Grand Carre Farm, France, November 1, 1918. After all the other officers of his company had been wounded, Captain Heard remained in command, though he had himself been severely wounded and was suffering from illness, courageously leading his men throughout two days and nights of severe fighting.
