Edgar C. Westervelt
Home Town: Lincoln, NE
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 132, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar C. Westervelt, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18 – 21, 1918. Unaided Second Lieutenant Westervelt reconnoitered enemy machine-gun positions. On July 19, 1918, with a small party he crossed an area swept by fire and demolished several machine-gun nests that were holding up the advance.