Curtis M. Crisp

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Curtis M. Crisp, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, November 10, 1918. When all the company runners had been wounded during a raid by his battalion, Sergeant Crisp volunteered to establish liaison with an adjacent company. While going through a heavy barrage under sniper fire from three directions he was knocked unconscious by the concussion of a bursting shell. Upon recovering he succeeded in killing a sniper who was picking off our men and had wounded his company commander. Though unable to stand, Sergeant Crisp insisted on remaining on duty with his company.