Richard J. White
Home Town: East Boston, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 4, W.D., 1935
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard J. White, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 10 – 11, 1918. His patrol having withdrawn to our own lines after an encounter with a superior enemy patrol, corporal White voluntarily went out in advance of our lines, and under heavy machine-gun fire brought back a wounded member of the patrol who had been left lying near the enemy wire.
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 130, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard J. White, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ravine-de-Molleville, north of Samogneux, France, October 15, 1918. First Lieutenant White was a member of a small party which was suddenly fired upon by three German machine-guns, one soldier being killed and an officer severely wounded. Himself unharmed, Lieutenant White returned with another soldier and, in the face of machine- gun fire, approached within 50 yards of the machine-gun nests and carried the wounded officer to shelter.