Plummer Evans
Home Town: Soldier, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Plummer Evans, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 11, 1918. Disregarding his own personal safety, Private Evans volunteered to assist in aiding his wounded comrades, leaving his place of safety, during an intense bombardment. While performing this meritorious work, he himself was killed.