Edward E. Nickles

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward E. Nickles, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 24, 1918. At a time when the telephone lines were badly needed, Sergeant Nickles remained without shelter for several hours, testing out the lines, until a shell burst in his vicinity, wounding him. He died from the effects in a few hours.