Louis D. White

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis D. White, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Baulny, France, September 28, 1918. First Sergeant White volunteered to carry a message to the rear through heavy artillery fire to obtain ammunition and reinforcements. That mission accomplished, he learned that his captain, the only officer left with the Company, had been wounded. Though himself wounded and suffering from gas, he returned to the front lines, reorganized the company and held his section of the front line until the Division was relieved.