William A. Stapleton
Home Town: Rush, KY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Stapleton, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 19, 1918. With the aid of two men Corporal Stapleton charged and captured a German machine-gun.