Eugene P. Walker

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Eugene P. Walker, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, November 4, 1918. When three boats in a pontoon bridge across the Meuse River were destroyed by artillery fire, he volunteered and waded into the river under heavy shell fire and, by holding up the deck until new boats were launched and placed in position, although under great physical strain, permitted the uninterrupted crossing of the infantry.