Joseph D. Archer
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
General Orders No. 13, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph D. Archer, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, October 11, 1918. Private Archer, on duty at the ammunition dump of the 42d Division when it was violently bombarded by the enemy, volunteered to assist another soldier, who was wounded. He was killed shortly before reaching the dressing station.
