Allison W. Reid
Home Town: San Leandro, CA
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allison W. Reid, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8 – 9, 1918. Engaged as runner, Private Reid constantly carried messages through a sector which was under intense shell and machine-gun fire and infested with sniper fire.
