Whitney Bowles

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Whitney Bowles, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Le Catelet, France, September 29, 1918. After the advance had ceased Sergeant Bowles exposed himself to intense machine-gun fire in order to place the remains of his platoon in shell holes, and organize his platoon for defense. Later learning that an officer of another company lay severely wounded a short distance in front of our lines, Sergeant Bowles unhesitatingly advanced into heavy machine-gun fire toward the officer to rescue him. He was killed while attempting the rescue.