Louis E. Johnston
Home Town: Davidson, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis E. Johnston, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mazinghein, France, October 18 – 19, 1918. When his platoon became separated from the battalion to which it was attached, Corporal Johnston proceeded under heavy shell fire along a road with which he was unfamiliar and established liaison with his battalion.