Harry R. Kelsey
Home Town: Easton, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry R. Kelsey, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Charpentry, France, September 27, 1918. Sergeant Kelsey volunteered to carry an important message from his company commander to battalion headquarters and, knowing the extreme importance of the message, proceeded by the most direct route through the enemy machine-gun fire and artillery barrage, with entire disregard for his personal safety. He was killed while performing this heroic service.