George B. Reid
Home Town: Minneapolis, MN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George B. Reid, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, France, July 15, 1918. While acting as gunner, during the firing of a barrage, Corporal Reid was shot through the arm by an enemy machine-gun from an aeroplane, but although serious wounded, he continued to fire his gun throughout the barrage. He was then evacuated in an exhausted condition.
