Eugene Alonzo
Home Town: Los Angeles, CA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene Alonzo, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 27, 1918, and October 4, 1918. On September 27 Private Alonzo, with two other soldiers, volunteered and went 300 yards beyond our outpost lines, through heavy shell fire, to bring in a wounded private of his regiment. On October 4, he remained in the open, under heavy shrapnel and high explosive fire, giving first aid to our wounded men until he was wounded by shrapnel.
