Elmer J. Noble

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Elmer J. Noble, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. Lieutenant Noble gallantry led his men under heavy fire in an attack through barbed-wire entanglements on the enemy positions before Bois-de-Cheppy. His conduct had a marked moral effect upon his men and he continued leading the attack until killed by enemy fire.