Corbett Meeks
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Home Town: Neola, KY
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General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Corbett Meeks, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 21, 1918. During a counterattack, First Sergeant Meeks advanced alone over open country, under heavy machine-gun fire, to a sniping point, and by his efficient resistance, greatly aided in the breaking up of the counterattack.