Irving L. Liner

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Irving L. Liner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Binarville, France, October 2 – 7, 1918. Private Liner was a battalion runner, when his battalion was surrounded by the enemy in the Forest of Argonne and cut off from communication with friendly troops. He carried messages with great cheerfulness under conditions of stress and under heavy machine-gun and shell fire, at a time when he was exhausted by exposure and hunger, being without food for five days.