Erwin E. Shepard
Home Town: Waterbury, CT
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Erwin E. Shepard, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 9, 1918. Crawling forward under heavy machine-gun fire, Private Shepard assisted in bringing a wounded comrade to safety.
