John F. Williams, Jr.
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 143, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John F. Williams, Jr., First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ypres, Belgium, August 2, 1918. First Lieutenant Williams volunteered to destroy an enemy pillbox which had caused many casualties in his battalion. With much skill and daring he led a daylight patrol, under heavy shell and machine-gun fire, rushed the pillbox, killed or wounded the occupants, and accomplished, his mission.
