Laurens C. Shull
Home Town: Sioux City, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 100, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Laurens C. Shull, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. Second Lieutenant Shull led his platoon with brilliant courage in two attacks and was badly wounded in the third when, with equal vigor, he advanced against a machine-gun nest.