Edwin L. Ballard
Born: at Griffin, Georgia
Home Town: Hyannis, Massachusetts
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edwin L. Ballard, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Supply Company, 6th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action near Bouresches, France, June 7 – 8, 1918. Quartermaster Clerk Ballard volunteered and made repeated trips in a truck over a road swept by heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, in plain view of the enemy observation balloons, to deliver ammunition and rations into the town of Bouresches, France, thereby relieving a critical situation.
Decorations U.S. Army, Supplement II, 1939
