Marsh W. Nottingham
Home Town: Indianapolis, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marsh W. Nottingham, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Roncheres, France, July 31, 1918. Corporal Nottingham volunteered and carried messages through the intense shelling before telephone communication was established. While leading a party to an observation post, Corporal Nottingham was killed by shell fire.