Clarence G. Noble
Home Town: Soperton, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence G. Noble, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Gilles, France, August 3, 1918. Lieutenant Noble voluntarily exposed himself to heavy shell fire in placing his men under cover during a heavy bombardment. While assisting a wounded soldier he was struck by a shell and killed.