Emory L. Baker
Home Town: New Bloomfield, MO
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emory L. Baker, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. While acting as platoon runner, Private Baker passed through three violent artillery barrages with coolness and apparent contempt for danger, and repeatedly carried ammunition to his comrades under fire.
