Ben G. Davis
Home Town: Wilmington, NC
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ben G. Davis, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ypres, Belgium, August 23, 1918. When several members of his platoon were severely wounded by shell fire, Private Davis, though himself wounded, went through the bombardment to a dugout and procured assistance for his comrades, guiding a rescuing party to their assistance.
