Spirley E. Irby
Home Town: Blackstone, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Spirley E. Irby, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Beaume, France, November 8, 1918. Private Irby carried messages to the various units in his vicinity under severe enemy fire. He was badly wounded while in the performance of this duty.