Oramell E. Hunton
Home Town: Portland, ME
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oramell E. Hunton, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Somme-Py, St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. Private Hunton showed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in evacuating the wounded under the most trying conditions. He made repeated trips in plain view of enemy observers over roads under continuous shell fire. He was killed by a shell fragment while standing beside his car at an advanced post.
