Edward W. Scott
Home Town: Westchester, NY
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward W. Scott, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. First Sergeant Scott assumed command of his company after all the officers has become casualties, though he himself had been shot through the arm, and led it into effective combat. After being wounded a second time he refused to go to the rear, but continued to advance until he was killed.
