Moses D. Atkins
Home Town: Galveston, TX
General Orders 70, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Moses D. Atkins, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September 12 – 13, 1918. Though he was wounded at the outset of the attack, Captain Atkins continued to lead his company with skill and entire disregard of danger, until during the attack on Thiaucourt when he was wounded a second time so severely that he was unable to proceed.
