Vance C. Shankle
Home Town: Concord, NC
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Vance C. Shankle, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Martin Revere, France, October 17, 1918. When the advance of his company was held up, he volunteered to go forward with another soldier to reduce a machine-gun emplacement. Advancing in front of our lines, these two soldiers attacked the enemy position, destroyed it, and captured three prisoners.
