William A. Beloungea
Home Town: Manistique, MI
General Orders 78, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William A. Beloungea, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northeast of Chateau-Thierry, France, July 31, 1918. With the assistance of another soldier, Corporal Beloungea dragged a wounded comrade to his own trench, a distance of 150 yards, through an intense barrage of machine-gun and artillery fire.
