Edgar J. Rule
Home Town: Boone, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar J. Rule, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Courbon, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Sergeant Rule, who was of a telephone detail, fearlessly repaired lines under heavy fire of gas and high-explosive shells until the lines were cut beyond repair, when he volunteered and carried messages through the bombardment.