Orville R. Taylor

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Orville R. Taylor, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Suippes, France, July 14 – 15, 1918 No other duties having been assigned to him, Private Taylor volunteered for service as a stretcher bearer, and working all night under the heaviest shell fire he carried wounded American and French soldiers to safety. While taking a severely wounded soldier by automobile to a hospital a shell burst near him wounding him but he continued on his mission and delivered the wounded man to the aid station.