Allison W. Reid
Home Town: San Leandro, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
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.
