Earl V. Wright
Home Town: Cross Timbers, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl V. Wright, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Pouilly, France, November 10 – 11, 1918. Accompanying Second Lieutenant Charles R. Hangar, Private Wright made three trips through heavy shell fire to locate three companies which had become lost in the dense fog during the crossing of the Meuse River, and guided them to the river crossing.
