Edward Buford, Jr.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Buford, Jr., First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism on May 22, 1918, while on barrage patrol against German photographic machines in the region of Commercy-St. Mihiel, France. First Lieutenant Buford engaged in combat, alone, five German biplane machines, attacking one or more of them in three separate combats in 25 minutes. One of the machines he shot down and the others he drove off, thus fulfilling his mission against heavy odds.