Elliott R. Harbin

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elliott R. Harbin, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. While assisting a party in laying a telephone line, Private Harbin was seriously wounded, but refused to be evacuated, and continued his work throughout the day under heavy shell fire. He also assisted in giving first aid to the wounded under fire.