Christopher C. Dunne
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 128, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Christopher C. Dunne, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. In an attack on an enemy machine-gun nest he bayoneted the gunner and captured four others of the crew. Although wounded in this action, he showed great devotion to duty by remaining with his squad until the line was consolidated.
