George Blain Ward
Home Town: Easley, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Blain Ward, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brancourt, France, October 8, 1918. Taking command of the company after all officers had become casualties, Sergeant Ward reorganized it, and led it under hostile shelling and withering machine-gun fire, to its objective. He remained in command until painfully wounded on the following day.