Allan L. Dexter
Home Town: Brookline, MA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allan L. Dexter, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois Brule, near Apremont, France, April 12 and 13, 1918, while acting as battalion scout officer. First Lieutenant Dexter displayed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty by exposing himself constantly under heavy shell fire to secure information, continuing his work for 24 hours after being wounded and until he collapsed at dressing station, where he had been sent for treatment.
