Elmer F. Guthrie

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elmer F. Guthrie, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Barricourt, France, November 1, 1918. When his battalion encountered heavy machine- gun fire, which stopped its advance, Sergeant Guthrie quickly organized a group of ten or twelve men from different companies and led them with exceptional dash and courage, in an attack on the enemy gun. Skillfully picking out a protected route, he succeeded in flanking the nest and annihilating the crew.