Sydney G. Gest

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Sydney G. Gest, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the 43d Company, 5th Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F. in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, June 11, 1918. The attacking line of the 43d Company being held up at one point by the fire of an enemy heavy Maxim machine gun, Private Gest, in the face of the machine-gun fire, crawled around the flank and, undaunted by grenade and rifle fire, rushed the gun crew’s nest, killing the enemy gunner and four others as they attempted to escape.