Richard J. White
Home Town: East Boston, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 4, W.D., 1935
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard J. White, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, July 10 – 11, 1918. His patrol having withdrawn to our own lines after an encounter with a superior enemy patrol, corporal White voluntarily went out in advance of our lines, and under heavy machine-gun fire brought back a wounded member of the patrol who had been left lying near the enemy wire.
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 130, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard J. White, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ravine-de-Molleville, north of Samogneux, France, October 15, 1918. First Lieutenant White was a member of a small party which was suddenly fired upon by three German machine-guns, one soldier being killed and an officer severely wounded. Himself unharmed, Lieutenant White returned with another soldier and, in the face of machine- gun fire, approached within 50 yards of the machine-gun nests and carried the wounded officer to shelter.
