Wayne D. Mounts
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wayne D. Mounts, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Breuilles, France, November 4, 1918. Although suffering painfully from a severe shoulder wound, Private Mounts refused to reveal his condition, but courageously remained on duty until the termination of hostilities seven days later.