Elvin L. Pierson
Home Town: Dayton, OH
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elvin L. Pierson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-la Grande-Montague, France, October 16, 1918. When the telephone communications had been cut off, Corporal Fierson made four trips as a runner through severe artillery barrage and machine-gun fire, maintaining liaison between artillery and infantry.
