John T. Dillon
Home Town: New Haven, CT
General Orders No. No. 125, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John T. Dillon, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau- Thierry, France, July 22, 1918. After being wounded Sergeant Dillon refused to go to the rear, but volunteered to act as a runner and repeatedly carried messages through the enemy barrage. Later the same day he voluntarily joined his platoon and fought with it in a successful attack against the enemy’s line.
