Byron C. Echols
Home Town: Brilliant, AL
General Orders No. No. 10, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Byron C. Echols, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Epinonville, France, October 4, 1918. When the advance of the Infantry line was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, Corporal Echols led his machine-gun crew in advance of the Infantry line and, although exposed to heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, he acted as gunner and opened an effective fire which silenced two enemy machine guns and allowed the Infantry to advance. Later he again led his crew forward and while engaging an enemy machine-gun nest was severely wounded.
