John W. Ayers
Home Town: Easton, MD
General Orders No. 16, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John W. Ayers, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sivry, France, October 18, 1918. During several engagements in the vicinity of Sivry, Corporal Ayers, upon his own initiative, went forward and located enemy machine-gun nests. On another occasion, his platoon having lost connection with his company during a heavy enemy artillery fire, he reconnoitered the position and established liaison with his company.
