Alonzo Walton
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
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.