John C. Graves
Home Town: Des Moines, IA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Graves, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantillois, France, October 5, 1918. After other means of communication had failed Corporal Graves voluntarily carried messages from the regimental post of command to advanced positions through several enemy barrages of gas and high-explosive shells. He continued on duty, even after being wounded, until he was exhausted.
