Ervin Hamric
Home Town: Sutton, WV
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ervin Hamric, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 6, 1918. Private Hamric carried numerous messages over routes exposed to artillery and machine-gun fire from company headquarters to the front-line platoons. The individual efforts of this soldier in delivering messages when exposed to enemy fire were of great value to his company commander.
