Gardiner, Kenneth

GARDINER

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 7/20/2004 at 04:50:18

Kenneth Gardiner, corporal, Battery A, 10th Field Artillery. Received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in acton near St. Euguene, France, July 17, 1918. Suffering from shell-shock and a wound in the shoulder, he continued to carry messages over shell-swept roads until he was forced to go to the dressing station by his battery commander. He was

Residence at enlistment; 120 West Oak Street, Council Bluffs, Iowa

-source: Official Register, State of Iowa 1921-1922, Twenty-Ninth Number, Military Decorations of Iowans in the World War, pg. 364

-transcribed by Sharyl Ferrall