Earl H. Perkins

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earl H. Perkins, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 26, 1918. With three other soldiers, Sergeant Perkins, on his own initiative, crawled across an open field, subjected to intense artillery and machine-gun fire, flanking three machine-gun positions, which were holding up our advance. The mission was successful, seven Germans being killed by the patrol and 23 captured and three machine guns captured.