Ernest W. Birch
Home Town: Lankershim, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 129, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest W. Birch, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ansauville, France on March 3, 1918. Corporal Birch voluntarily left his dugout under intense enemy bombardment and, without assistance, rescued a comrade who was lying outside, wounded and exposed to enemy fire.