Chester H. Everhart
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
Russian Civil War
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester H. Everhart, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bolshieozerke, Russia, April 2, 1919. Private Everhart went forward some 200 yards in front of our lines into an area swept by artillery and machine-gun fire to assist in bringing a wounded man to a place of safety.