Guy Whitman
Home Town: Shawano, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Guy Whitman, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 4 – 20, 1918. During this period, Private Whitman, although many runners had been shot down, repeatedly volunteered and carried messages through heavy enemy barrages, successfully accomplishing his work and thereby saving the lives of many of his comrades.