Wrey Gilmore Farwell
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wrey Gilmore Farwell, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, France, June 6, 1918. Lieutenant Commander Farwell voluntarily exceeded the demand of duty be personally supervising the evacuation of his wounded commanding officer across a field under fire from machine guns and snipers.
