Aaron F. Valentine
Born:
Home Town: Madison, OK
Status:
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Aaron F. Valentine, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Marie Valley, France, September 15, 1918. When his company was held up by a German machine-gun nest, located in a tree, Private Valentine rushed alone into an exposed position, set up his machine gun, regardless of the intense fire from the nest, killed the gunner, and put the nest out of action, thereby making the continued advance of the company possible.