Monroe Ellet
Home Town: Huntington, IN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Monroe Ellet, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Thiaucourt, France, September 12, 1918. Acting as spare cannoneer, Private Ellet sprang, at a word from his executive officer, to act as No. 1 in the supplementary gun crew for the first piece, whose entire crew were casualties. He assisted in laying aside the dead and wounded, and continued in the service of his piece until the barrage was captured.
