Wilbur Cathcart

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wilbur Cathcart, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lake Dickebusch, Belgium, august 22, 1918. All wire communications between Company L and battalion headquarters having been destroyed by shell fire, Private Cathcart voluntarily and with utter disregard for his personal safety carried an important message to his battalion command through terrific machine-gun and artillery fire and under observation of the enemy. His hazardous mission successfully accomplished, he returned through terrific machine-gun fire to his company, his conduct having been a splendid example of bravery and devotion to the men of his company.