Nathaniel C. White
Home Town: Chicago, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nathaniel C. White, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Vauxaillon, France, September 19, 1918. Private White, while acting as company runner, exposed himself constantly to intense enemy machine-gun and artillery fire and was killed while in the performance of his duty.