Eugene Kelley Nail

Sergeant, U. S. Army

Distinguished Service Cross

GENERAL ORDERS:
War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant E. Kelley Nail (ASN: 1491216), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 142d Infantry Regiment, 36th Division, A.E.F., near St. Etienne, France, 8 October 1918.
Sergeant Nail, in charge of a patrol, successfully flanked a machine-gun nest of several guns which was holding up the advance of his company and captured four German officers.

On 22 April 1919 awarded the French Croix de Guerre with gilt star.