Thomas Baldwin
Home Town: Ironton, OH
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas Baldwin, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. After all the other runners of his platoon had been either killed or wounded by machine-gun and shell fire and he himself had been seriously wounded Private Baldwin refused evacuation, continuing with his mission. After making three trips through the heavy barrage he guided platoons to their designated objectives, after which he was ordered to a dressing station.
