Clayton B. Skiff

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clayton B. Skiff, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chatel- Chehery, France, October 8, 1918. When his company was stopped by enemy machine- gun fire, Private Skiff crawled forward alone, climbed a steep hill under intense fire and put a hostile machine-gun nest out of action. In the performance of this gallant exploit Private Skiff was mortally wounded and died on the way to the hospital.