Edward P. Pierce
Home Town: Buffalo, NY
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward P. Pierce, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. Private Pierce left shelter, went into an open field under heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and dragged a wounded soldier to safety. This courageous soldier was killed while advancing with his company later in the action.
