William B. Lyerly
Home Town: Mount Vernon, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William B. Lyerly, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With eight other soldiers, comprising the company headquarters detachment, Private Lyerly assisted his company commander in cleaning out enemy dug-outs along a canal and capturing 242 prisoners.