William H. Waldron
Home Town: Welch, WV
General Orders No. No. 43, W.D., 1922
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William H. Waldron, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Tientsin, China, July 13, 1900, in rescuing while under a heavy fire three of his men from drowning, all of whom fully accoutered had fallen into a deep ditch, when Lieutenant Waldron also fully accoutered, jumped in and saved them.
