Adam H. Pyles

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Adam H. Pyles, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Georges, France, October 15, 1918. Seeing his comrades either killed or wounded, immediately after seeking shelter, Private Pyles, undeterred, continually volunteered and carried messages over territory covered by violent artillery fire, incessant machine-gun fire, and accurate sniping until he was killed by this heavy fire.