Dan W. Sullivan
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Dan W. Sullivan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action during a period of five hours and 30 minutes on June 6, 1918, near Chateau-Thierry, France. Private Sullivan carried messages between the commanding officer and platoon leader through constant machine-gun fire, thereby maintaining communication successfully at the imminent risk of his life.