Alonzo Walton
Home Town: Bloomington, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 64, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alonzo Walton, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Rue Lamcher and Point D’Amy, France, November 7 – 9, 1918. When his company had been separated from their food supply for two days, Private Walton twice volunteered, taking a machine-gun cart, and under heavy fire located the kitchen and brought back much-needed food.