Joseph D. Graham

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph D. Graham, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Ourcq River, near Villers-sur-Fere, France, July 28, 1918. After repeated attempts had been made to rescue two wounded soldiers, who were lying within a hundred yards of the enemy lines, Sergeant Graham went out alone, over ground so swept by machine-gun and rifle fire that two men had been killed previously in the attempt, and succeeded in bringing the two wounded soldiers to safety, showing by his valor and devotion to duty an excellent example to the men of the organization.