Ernest W. Freshour
Home Town: Marion, OH
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ernest W. Freshour, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ancerviller, France, June 6, 1918. After all communications had been cut off and his platoon had suffered heavy casualties, Private Freshour, with another member of his platoon, volunteered and carried a message through heavy artillery and machine-gun fire to their company commander, giving him the information necessary to reinforce the position.