Benjamin A. Evans

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Benjamin A. Evans, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Verdun, France, November 7, 1918. Corporal Evans on the night of November 7, 1918, when hearing the company commander asking for volunteers to reconnoiter about 100 yards of unknown ground and locate an enemy trench, did volunteer to undertake the mission and, accompanied by Private Bryson, successfully accomplished the same and brought back valuable information. As a noncommissioned officer his example and courage aided greatly in holding his platoon together.