Eric W. Spencer

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eric W. Spencer, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 17, 1918. During the fording of the La Selle River and the heights beyond, Sergeant Spencer advanced against a nest of enemy snipers under heavy machine-gun and shell fire, and by his courage and bravery succeeded in killing four of the enemy.