Tracy S. White

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tracy S. White, First Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ferme-des-Loges, France, October 19, 1918. When the position his company held was enfiladed and communication to the rear cut off, First Sergeant White volunteered to carry a message to the battalion commander after several runners had been killed in the attempt. Crossing ground swept by intense machine-gun and artillery fire, he delivered the message and returned with orders as to the disposition of the company.