Edward L. Crockett
Home Town: Florence, AL
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward L. Crockett, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. When his company was subjected to severe machine-gun fire, Sergeant Crockett, with two other soldiers, attacked a nest of four machine-guns, killing eight of the enemy and capturing 27.
