George Benjamin Gourley
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. No. 128, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George B. Gourley, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 10, 1918. Sergeant Gourley displayed qualities of leadership by taking command of his platoon and continuing the advance when his platoon commander had been killed. With one other soldier he fearlessly attacked an enemy machine-gun nest, capturing the gun and killing the crew. He then carried the captured gun with him and used it effectively against the enemy.
