Gordon C. Stapleton

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Gordon C. Stapleton, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vilosnes, France, November 6, 1918. Entering Vilosnes with a patrol, Lieutenant Stapleton encountered heavy enemy machine-gun fire. He attacked and killed four Germans, took four prisoners and forced those remaining to take shelter in a trench. Although greatly outnumbered he held his position, while the French crossed the River Meuse and took many prisoners.