Richard E. Bentley
Home Town: Horseheads, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard E. Bentley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 15, 1918. Accompanied by an officer and three other soldiers, Corporal Bentley made a reconnaissance of the River La Selle, the journey being made under constant and heavy machine-gun fire. To secure the desired information it was necessary to wade the stream for the entire distance.
