John M. Ward
Home Town: Hoboken, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John M. Ward, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Falbas, France, November 10, 1918. Under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire, Private Ward waded through a swamp, administered first aid to a wounded soldier, and then carried the latter to safety.