Victor Van Yorx
Home Town: Mount Vernon, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Victor Van Yorx, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers- sur-Fere, France, July 28, 1918. Though severely wounded in the ankle, Private Van Yorx refused to leave the field of battle, and next day made the attack on the heights north of the River Ourcq, remaining with his company until again wounded.