Eugene B. Reed

Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class: For gallantry in action while serving as a Medical Corpsman with the 5th Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F., on October 04, 1918 at St. Etienne-a-Arnes, France

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene B. Reed, Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class, U.S. Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4, 1918. During a bombardment, Pharmacist’s Mate Reed four times crossed an area heavily shelled and subjected to machine-gun fire to render assistance to his comrades.