Ernest G. Lord
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest G. Lord, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Frapelle, France, August 17, 1918. Private Lord, although wounded severely early in the action and suffering great pain, refused to quit his squadron, but advanced with it until its objective was reached.