Myron D. Burns
Home Town: Shamrock, OK
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Myron D. Burns, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918. Although suffering intense agony from severe wounds, Private Burns killed eight of the enemy with his rifle and bayonet and then crawled about for two days before being picked up. He died shortly after from his wounds.
