Almeron W. Shanklin
Home Town: Rome, GA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Almeron W. Shanklin, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 15, 1918. Forbidding his men to leave their place of safety, Lieutenant Shanklin went forth, in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, located and sighted his 37-mm. gun, receiving wounds which proved fatal.