Earnest C. Rinehart
Home Town: Leesville, SC
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Earnest C. Rinehart, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Martin Revere, France, October 11, 1918. Seeing a wounded comrade lying helpless in a most exposed position in front of our lines, Corporal Rinehart unhesitatingly braved the murderous fire of machine-guns and snipers by going forward to his rescue. He succeeded in bringing in the wounded man, after he had seen a stretcher bearer instantly killed in attempting the same mission.
