George W. Mcfarland
Home Town: Latrobe, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George W. McFarland, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brieulles, France, September 28, 1918. When the Germans counterattacked with a superior number in the Bois-de-Donovan, Corporal McFarland went from post to post under intense machine-gun and artillery fire, collecting all available rifle grenades in the platoon. Although he was seriously wounded by a machine-gun bullet, he continued on duty until his platoon was relieved several hours later.