Oliver B. Cunningham
Home Town: Evanston, IL
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Oliver B. Cunningham, Captain, U.S. Army, for repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action near Villemontoire, Chateau-Thierry, and St. Mihiel, France, July 21, 1918, to September 17, 1918. During this period Captain Cunningham, with utter disregard for his personal safety, on numerous occasions exposed himself to the enemy fire while reconnoitering arid performing liaison work. On September 17, while at his post as liaison officer with the most advanced infantry unit, Captain Cunningham was killed by an enemy shell.
