Clearton H. Reynolds
Born: Provincetown, MA
Home Town: Garden City, Long Island, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clearton H. Reynolds, Captain (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romagne, France, October 9, 1918. Although weather conditions made flying exceedingly dangerous, Captain Reynolds, with his observer, started on a mission to determine the position of the front-line troops of the division to which his squadron was attached. Flying at an altitude of 20 meters, they encountered and defeated three enemy patrols, gathered and delivered to division headquarters very valuable information.