Thomas J. Gray
Home Town: Elliott, IA
General Orders No. No. 108, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas J. Gray, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, on July 28, 1918. Private Gray distinguished himself when, with four other men, he raided an enemy machine-gun nest held by 12 Germans. As a result of their daring and presence of mind, one of the enemy was killed, the other 11 captured, and their four machine-guns turned upon the retreating foe.
