George C. Mccelvey
Home Town: Mount Carmel, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George C. McCelvey, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Thibaut, France, August 7 – 9, 1918. Lieutenant McCelvey stood in the swift current of the Vesle River and helped the men of three platoons across. He was pulled into the river twice by drowning men, but each time succeeding in bringing them ashore. On succeeding days he was conspicuously present in places of danger, setting a splendid example to his command.