Floyd H. Wells

WELLS

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 8/9/2004 at 04:56:22

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Floyd H. Wells (army serial No. 2158832), corporal, Company M, 326th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. With another soldier Corpl. Wells advanced several hundred yards ahead of the front line under heavy artillery and machine gun fire and rescued a wounded comrade.
Residence at enlistment: Chester, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 373

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall