Thomas E. Grider
Home Town: Danville, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas E. Grider, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 22, 1918. Private Grider carried important messages through heavy shell and machine-gun fire and fought his way through territory occupied by the enemy.