Walter T. Mccunn
Home Town: East Orange, NJ
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter T. McCunn, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Thiaucourt, France, September 29, 1918. Private McCunn was administering first aid to two wounded comrades in No Man’s Land, under heavy shell fire, when an exploding shell killed both of the wounded, rendering him unconscious for more than an hour. Upon his recovery, lie remained at his post, administering treatment to others.
