Eugene W. Towne
Home Town: Thompson, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene W. Towne, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. With two other soldiers Sergeant Towne rushed forward into some hedges and silenced three light machine guns which were hindering the advance by flanking fire.