Oakley L. Parkhill

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oakley L. Parkhill, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-du-Fays, France, October 13 to November 11, 1918. On October 13, Lieutenant Parkhill, in company with another lieutenant, was wounded by the explosion of a shell. Regardless of his own wound, Lieutenant Parkhill administered first aid to his companion, and carried him to a first-aid station. After he was evacuated to the field hospital, Lieutenant Parkhill refused to be evacuated to the S. O. S. Hospital, and on October IS returned to duty with his company. During the period, October 25 to November 11, while in command of Company E, 61st Infantry, he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire while reconnoitering and leading his company.