Richard J. Walsh
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard J. Walsh, First Lieutenant (Dental Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Marg, France, October 18, 1918. Voluntarily acting as battalion medical officer, Lieutenant Walsh, although severely gassed, administered first aid to injured men under heavy shell fire, He worked constantly until all the wounded were removed to places of safety.