Edgar L. Cox

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar L. Cox, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With five other soldiers, Private Cox succeeded in breaking up three machine-gun nests and capturing eight prisoners under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. After his platoon had reached its objective he and four others volunteered and made a reconnaissance 600 yards in front of the line to make sure that the valley beyond was clear of the enemy. Private Cox has since been killed in action.