Edward R. White

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward R. White, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Consenvoye Wood, France, October 10, 1918. After his platoon leader had been killed, Sergeant White took command. The advance of the company had been held up by a machine-gun nest, until Sergeant White, with two other soldiers cleaned out the nest, killing four and capturing six of the enemy.