Ernest E. Winchester

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest E. Winchester, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near La Chene Tondu, France, October 4 – 5, 1918. After three attempts had failed to bomb out enemy machine-gun nests, which were holding up the advance of his company, Sergeant Winchester voluntarily led a fourth patrol. He made his way to a point close to the nests and pressed on, even after all the members of his patrol had been killed or wounded. Though finally killed, his efforts were instrumental in uncovering the nests, which were soon after destroyed.