Earl C. Presley
Home Town: Hurricane, UT
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl C. Presley, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 29, 1918. Private Presley volunteered and went to the assistance of a wounded comrade who was seen making his way to our lines, exposed to machine-gun and sniper fire which infested the woods at our direct front.