Basil E. Duncan
Home Town: Fordtown, TN
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Basil E. Duncan, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 8 – 9, 1918. Private Duncan, a runner, repeatedly carried messages with great coolness and daring, undeterred by the most intense artillery and machine-gun fire.
