Walter D. Ballard
Home Town: Redfield, IA
General Orders No. No. 117, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter D. Ballard, Private, U.S. Army, for exceptional initiative and bravery throughout the operations south of Soissons, France, July 18 to 22, 1918, he with extraordinary heroism on July 21, 1918, with two companions, captured two machine guns that were causing heavy losses to his company.
