Chauncey J. Griswold
Home Town: Dorchester, MA
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chauncey J. Griswold, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 16, 1918. Private Griswold volunteered to leave his battalion which was in support, and went forward to the front line where he established a dressing station. He remained with this advance station during the entire time it was in the line and gave first aid to the wounded under constant shell fire and through frequent gas attacks.
