Chauncey W. Porter

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chauncey W. Porter, Bugler, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action north of Flirey, France, September 12, 1918. Bugler Porter charged a machine-gun alone with an automatic pistol, killed one man, captured another, and drove the remainder of the enemy platoon back along their trench, thereby enabling his platoon to advance.