Joseph Dilworth
Home Town: South Manchester, CT
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph Dilworth, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon Hill, France, September 26, 1918. After his squad leader had become a casualty, Private Dilworth assumed command and led his men against machine-gun nests, materially assisting in the capture of two guns and prisoners. He was killed in the performance of duty.
