Joe W. Mcgraw
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joe W. McGraw, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Hearne, Belgium, November 4, 1918. Private McGraw displayed exceptional personal bravery when, with one other soldier, he went to the aid of a comrade who had been attacked and wounded by a patrol of eight Germans, putting the patrol to flight and rescuing the wounded man.
