Archibald F. Reilly
Home Town: Richmond Hill, Long Island, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Archibald F. Reilly, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres et St. Georges, France, October 15, 1918. Private Reilly, with one other soldier, went to the aid of a wounded comrade who was lying about 50 yards in advance of our lines, in plain view of enemy gunners and snipers, and carried him through machine-gun and shell fire to a place of safety.
