Will W. Nye
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Will W. Nye, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Samogneux, France, October 15, 1918. Lieutenant Nye advanced without assistance upon a machine- gun nest and drove the crew from the gun.