Edward L. Merrifield
Home Town: Greenville, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward L. Merrifield, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lesseux, France, September 4, 1918. Although he was severely wounded, Private Merrifield remained at his post and continued to fight a superior enemy force which had attempted to enter our lines, thereby preventing the success of an enemy raid in force.