Oliver W. Fannin
Home Town: Midland, TX
Distinguished Service Cross
Peacetime Awards
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oliver W. Fannin, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in an engagement with hostile Mexicans at Nogales, Arizona, August 27, 1918, while commanding the guard, 35th U.S. Infantry.