Walter F. Arnold
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 24, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter F. Arnold, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. Private Arnold, while passing through an enemy machine-gun barrage, located an enemy machine-gun position. He single-handedly rushed the position, captured the gun, and forced the crew to surrender.