Alexis M. Mclain
Home Town: Winston-Salem, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexis M. McLain, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 10, 1918. After one soldier had been killed and another wounded in the attempt, Private McLain carried a message under heavy fire to company headquarters, bringing up reinforcements, which saved his platoon.