Andrew A. Shaw

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew A. Shaw, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Givry, France, July 20, 1918. Private Shaw, on his own initiative, led a group of seven men under a severe rifle and machine-gun fire through a gap in the enemy’s wire in an effort to silence a hostile machine-gun which had been taking heavy toll of his comrades. Six of the seven men in his party having been killed or wounded, he continued to advance, killing or wounding the crew and putting the gun out of action. His splendid courage and leadership were an inspiration to his comrades.