Dana N. Trimble

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dana N. Trimble, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. Sergeant Trimble volunteered and obtained the consent of his company commander to recover wounded men from an exposed area in front of the line. He went through a violent bombardment in the performance of this duty three times and stopped only when he had been severely wounded.