Tom Powell
Home Town: Hawkinsville, GA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tom Powell, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beaume, France, November 8, 1918. Private Powell repeatedly carried messages under severe enemy fire to the various units in the vicinity of his company, until he was killed while in the performance of his duty.