Samuel A. Loyd

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel A. Loyd, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Verdun, France, October 15 & 23, 1918. After being severely gassed, Sergeant Loyd continued to advance with his company, in spite of suffering great pain. On October 23, when his company was under heavy flanking fire from machine-guns, this soldier rescued several wounded men and administered first-aid treatment.