William J. Earle
Home Town: East St. Louis, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Earle, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8, 1918. When his company had been held up by a machine-gun nest Corporal Earle advanced on the nest from the flank and captured it single- handed.