Duncan J. Devane
Home Town: Clarkton, NC
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Duncan J. Devane, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ypres, Belgium, August 23, 1918. Upon learning that several members of his platoon had been wounded by enemy shell fire, Sergeant DeVane immediately left his dug-out and went to their assistance. After carrying one man to shelter and being knocked down by a bursting shell in so doing, he returned to the shelled area and helped carry the rest of the wounded men to the dressing station 500 yards away, across a field which was being heavily bombarded with gas and high explosive shells.
