David Thomas
Home Town: Avoca, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to David Thomas, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Upon two occasions Corporal Thomas, upon his own initiative, went out in advance of his platoon, armed only with a rifle, and attacked machine-guns which were endangering his company by enfilading fire. In the face of fire from these guns he continued to fire on them until he had killed the gunners.