Earl M. Mckinley
Home Town: East Liverpool, OH
General Orders No. No. 142, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl M. McKinley, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, September 26, 1918. Lieutenant McKinley, with another officer, and a soldier, using captured German Maxim guns, pushed forward to a heavily shelled area from which other troops had withdrawn, and by their accurate and effective fire kept groups of the enemy from occupying advantageous positions, maintaining fire superiority all afternoon. Lieutenant McKinley withdrew from his dangerous position when it became too dark to see.
