Congressional Medal of Honor THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, Since April 6, 1917 Up to and including General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11,1919 COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY, 1919 Sumter County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Transcribed by Dena Whitesell  Ellison Moses, private, Company G, 371st Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 30, 1918, After his company had been forced to withdraw from an advanced position under severe machine-gun and artillery fire he went forward and rescued wounded soldiers, working persistently until all of them had been carried to shelter. Residence at enlistment : Box No. 10, R. F. D. No. 1, Mayesville, S. C. *George D. Sims (Army serial No. 1312562), private, Company M, 118th Infantry. For extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 8,1918. While assisting his automatic-rifle squad in a most advanced position Pvt. Sims and those about him were seriously wounded by shrapnel.  Realizing that his wounds were fatal and that his comrades might be saved, he insisted that the stretcher bearers attend to the others. His unusual heroism was instrumental tn saving the lives of his fellow soldiers,  even at the cost of his own. Emergency address; Willie C. Sims, father, Sumter, S.C.  Residence at enlistment: Sumter, S.C. Back to Sumter County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor This is a FREE website. If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more FREE data via our South Carolina index page at http://www.genealogytrails.com/scar/index.html Also make sure to visit our main Genealogy Trails History Group website at http://genealogytrails.com for much more nationwide historical/genealogical data and access to other state/county data