William L. Clark
Home Town: Knoxville, TN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William L. Clark, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. With eight other soldiers, comprising the company headquarters detachment, Private First Class Clark assisted his company commander in cleaning out enemy dugouts along a canal and capturing 242 prisoners.
