Edgar H. O’Dell

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar H. O’Dell, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Varennes, France, September 26, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun fire, Private O’Dell entered a building alone and captured 16 prisoners and four machine-guns. He used an automatic rifle and hand grenades, during his advance to the building, fire from which was checking our advance.