Fred E. Wallace
Home Town: Roodhouse, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred E. Wallace, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 17 – 19, 1918. Private First Class Wallace volunteered and located the right flank of Company G and the left flank of Company H, 119th Regiment under heavy machine-gun fire. He was wounded while on this mission, but returned with the desired information.