Newell B. Davis
Home Town: Hornell, NY
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Newell B. Davis, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918. Corporal Davis voluntarily left shelter and exposed himself to violent machine-gun fire in order to bring to shelter a wounded comrade. While performing this meritorious deed he was himself seriously wounded.
