George H. Burchill

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George H. Burchill, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Very, France, September 26, 1918. Though suffering from illness, Private Burchill volunteered and performed valiant service as a telephone operator under heavy shell fire. Later he went out alone through shell fire to repair the telephone line, which had been broken in several places by shells.