Gilmore Tomlin
Home Town: Lynchburg, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Gilmore Tomlin, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Regnieville, France, September 12, 1918. Facing heavy machine-gun fire, Sergeant Tomlin alone charged a machine-gun, which was causing his company many casualties, killed the gunner, and captured the gun.