Clifton Merrimon
Home Town: Cambridge, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 13, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clifton Merrimon, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bussy Farm, France, September 27, 1918. Corporal Merrimon attacked with hand grenades an enemy machine-gun which was causing heavy losses to his platoon, and succeeded in killing the gunner and putting the gun out of action. He then organized the remainder of the platoon and led them to their positions in the trenches south of Bussy Farm.