Loater Loyd Mckinney
Home Town: Spartanburg, SC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Loater Loyd McKinney, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 8, 1918. Accompanying two comrades, Private McKinney attacked with hand grenades an enemy machine-gun stronghold, containing at least 40 Germans and four machine guns, and forced the enemy to surrender.