Edwin D. Bramble
Home Town: Mapleton, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edwin D. Bramble, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Marcheville, France, September 26, 1918. Private Bramble performed valuable service in maintaining communication by voluntarily repairing telephone lines under a violent artillery bombardment. While so engaged he was seriously wounded.