Edward W. Borton
Home Town: Taft, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward W. Borton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, October 4, 1918. After obtaining permission to go to the aid of wounded soldiers Private Borton remained in the open, under heavy shrapnel and high- explosive fire, giving first aid to our wounded men until he was wounded by shrapnel.