William B. Main
Home Town: Rouseville, PA
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William B. Main, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, October 9, 1918. Accompanied by another soldier, Private Main advanced on a German 77-mm. gun, which was enfilading his company, and, with his automatic rifle, caused such heavy casualties among the enemy crew, that they were forced to withdraw.
