Albert R. Murphy
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert R. Murphy, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Fismes and Fismette. France, August 10 – 13, 1918. Private Murphy volunteered to rescue five wounded men who had become detached from their company and were unable to rejoin it because of their injuries. By fearlessly passing back and forth through enemy fire he succeeded in this undertaking.