Ary A. Duke
Home Town: Andalusia, AL
Status: KIA
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ary A. Duke, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Souain, France, in the engagement of July 15 – 16, 1918. Private Duke displayed praiseworthy devotion to duty and courageous self-sacrifice when he remained at his post under heavy fire, receiving wounds that later caused his death.
