Chester V. Davis
Home Town: Tennyson, IN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester V. Davis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brieulles, France, November 4, 1918. Corporal Davis volunteered to carry a message to the battalion commander, notifying him that our barrage was falling short. Crossing a valley swept by shell and machine-gun fire, he swam the icy Meuse River and succeeded in delivering his message in time to avoid further casualties.