Edgar Shoults
Home Town: Perryville, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar Shoults, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Remonville, France, November 1, 1918. In command of a combat group, Corporal Shoults led his men in a bayonet charge on an enemy stronghold, capturing many machine-guns and killing or capturing the entire crews of the guns.