Taylor, Orville Ray
Private first class, 253893, Battery E, 42d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps
Distinguished-Service Cross. General Orders No. 21, War Department, 1919: Near Suippes, France, July 14 - 15, 1918. No other duties having been assigned to him Private Taylor volunteered for service as a stretcher bearer, and, working all night under the heaviest shell fire, he carried wounded American and French soldiers to safety. While taking a severely wounded soldier by automobile to a hospital, a shell burst near him, wounding him, but he continued on his mission and delivered the wounded man to the aid station.
Record. Born October 2, 1898, Eaton; son of James W. and Myrtle C. (Babb) Taylor, Student, Upland. Enlisted May 4, 1917, Fort Thomas, KY. Training: Fort Thomas, KY: Fort Mott, NJ. Assigned to 1st Company, Coast Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps; to Battery E, 42d Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps. Private first class, July 6, 1917. Overseas January 13, 1918 - February 18, 1919. Battles: Butte du Mesnil, Marne. Discharged March 10, 1919.
Married Mildred Ewing. Fresno, CA.