Eugene R. Ferguson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene R. Ferguson, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montrebeau Woods, France, September 29, 1918. It was here on September 29, Corporal Otis Heberly was shot through the leg by a machine-gun bullet. He fell out in an open stretch swept by heavy machine-gun and shell fire. It was here that Corporal Eugene Ferguson crawled out and started back with him, receiving a machine-gun wound through the abdomen while in the act. It was here that First Sergeant Clarence Gooch and Sergeant Irvin Cowger, disregarding all risks, moved out and with a rudely constructed Utter, brought him back to safety. For these gallant deeds, Corporal Ferguson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and Sergeant Gooch and Cowger were cited by General Pershing for exceptional bravery.