Joel Anderson
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
General Orders No. No. 35, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joel Anderson,, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 4, 1918. After all the company officers had been killed or wounded, Sergeant Anderson assisted in organizing his company under heavy fire and led a portion in the attack. When the advance was halted by heavy enfilade machine-gun fire, he led a platoon to the attack of the machine-gun nest and captured the guns and their crews, thus permitting the continuation of the advance.
