Levi W. Griswold
Home Town: Yarrow, MO
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Levi W. Griswold, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Montrebeau Woods, France, September 29,1918. During a hostile counterattack Corporal Griswold, with absolute disregard for personal safety, crept out from a shell hole under terrific machine-gun fire and gas bombardment in an attempt to assist a wounded comrade to adjust his gas mask. He was killed in the performance of this self- sacrificing mission.
