George F. Miller
Home Town: Dyersburg, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George F. Miller, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. When a portion of his company was threatened by a counterattack and two runners had been killed in an attempt to reach the detachment with orders to withdraw, Sergeant Miller volunteered for the dangerous mission; and, attempting to cross an exposed field to carry the orders, was mortally wounded.