First Lieutenant, Company C, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Entered the Service from Roxboro, North Carolina. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Château-Thierry, France, during June and July, 1918. Lieutenant Winstead led four patrols across the Marne River while exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On the second of these patrols the boat was sunk and it was necessary to swim the river. While within the enemy lines he and five others raided a German outpost, killing five of the enemy, and, in spite of heavy enemy fire, returned with a prisoner. On 15 July 1918, shortly after leading his platoon under gas and shell fire to a position on a hill, he was killed by enemy fire."
First Lieutenant, Company C, 38th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces. Entered the Service from Roxboro, North Carolina. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. From his citation: "For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 38th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Château-Thierry, France, during June and July, 1918. Lieutenant Winstead led four patrols across the Marne River while exposed to heavy enemy machine-gun fire. On the second of these patrols the boat was sunk and it was necessary to swim the river. While within the enemy lines he and five others raided a German outpost, killing five of the enemy, and, in spite of heavy enemy fire, returned with a prisoner. On 15 July 1918, shortly after leading his platoon under gas and shell fire to a position on a hill, he was killed by enemy fire."
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