Everette C. Norton
Home Town: Moran, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Everette C. Norton, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cheppy, France, September 27, 1918. After being wounded by a machine-gun bullet, Private Norton refused to be evacuated to the rear, but continued in his duties for two days thereafter, and only stopped when weakened by the loss of blood.