Dallas R. Alfonte
Home Town: Ingalls, IN
General Orders No. No. 11, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dallas R. Alfonte, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. Although painfully wounded by a machine-gun bullet on October 4, Captain Alfonte refused to be evacuated and remained on duty in an exposed position on Hill 240 until his regiment was relieved.
