William M. Carroll, Jr.
Home Town: Rutherford, NJ
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Carroll, Jr., Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nantilois, France, September 29, 1918. Captain Carroll with a sergeant of his company outflanked a machine-gun nest which was holding up their advance, shot one German noncommissioned officer who tried to escape, and captured two prisoners, the other occupants fleeing. The reduction of this machine-gun nest made it possible for the flank of the battalion to advance.
