Fred Allen
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 87, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred Allen, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cantigny, France, May 28 – 30, 1918. During the attack and defense of Cantigny, Sergeant Allen established an automatic rifle post, 75 yards in front of our lines, and, under heavy machine-gun and shell fire of the enemy. He had previously rendered invaluable aid in fearlessly crawling from shell hole to shell hole to aid wounded comrades.
