Clarence L. Wright
Home Town: Peoria, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence L. Wright, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Romagne, France, November 1, 1918. After three members of his gun crew had been wounded, during heavy enemy shell fire, Sergeant Wright alone continued to keep his piece in action for 15 minutes until assistance reached him. He was wounded in action shortly afterward.