Francis P. Vallely
Home Town: Pratt City, AL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 100, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Francis P. Vallely, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Coullemell, France, on April 27, 1918. Under a heavy bombardment, Private Vallely voluntarily went to the assistance of other soldiers who had been buried in a dugout by enemy shell fire, and was killed while engaged in this heroic action.