Benjamin D. Elpern
Home Town: Greensburg, PA
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Benjamin D. Elpern, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Jualgonne, France, July 23 – 26, 1918. Corporal Elpern volunteered and carried messages under hazardous circumstances when wire communication had been entirely destroyed by the intense shell fire. He also rendered timely aid in guiding parties bringing up food and ammunition.
