Livingston Gilson Irving

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Livingston Gilson Irving, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, October 10, 1918. Accompanied by another pilot, Lieutenant Irving attacked an enemy formation of 11 planes, four of which were above him. In spite of the great odds, he dived into the lower formation, and after a sharp combat destroyed one plane, and with the aid of his companion forced a second plane to earth.