William M. Murphy

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Murphy, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 8, 1918. In the Bois-de-Consenvoye, east of the Meuse, Private Murphy, when his platoon was stopped, voluntarily advanced in the face of direct machine-gun fire, and was killed His gallant conduct was a great inspiration to his comrades, who, following his example, captured the machine-gun nest, approximately 100 prisoners, and several machine guns.