Patrick Walsh
Home Town: Detroit, MI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 126, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Patrick Walsh, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Seicheprey, Ansauville sector, France, March 1, 1918. Sergeant Walsh voluntarily followed his company commander to the first line through a severe barrage, and when the captain was killed he assumed command of a group on his own initiative, attacked a superior force of the enemy and inflicted heavy losses upon them.