George R. Evans
Home Town: Lapine, AL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George R. Evans, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grimaucourt, France, November 10, 1918. Private Evans repeatedly carried messages through very heavy artillery and machine-gun fire and at one time successfully carried a wounded comrade through an intense barrage to a first-aid station.