Byron R. Perkins

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Byron R. Perkins, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 20, 1918. When volunteers were called for by his company commander, Private Perkins volunteered and rescued wounded comrades from a barrage. Disregarding danger to himself, he ‘continued the performance of these heroic deeds until killed.