Otis E. Turner
Home Town: Belville Island, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Otis E. Turner, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Busigny, France, October 18, 1918. When his platoon was held up by an enemy machine-gun post, Private Turner, with another soldier, took their automatic rifle, rushed 50 yards through intense fire, skillfully placed the rifle in position, and opened fire.