Hallack Welles, Jr.
Home Town: Brookline, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hallack Welles, Jr., First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bouresches, France, July 20, 1918. Lieutenant Welles was seriously wounded in exposing himself to enemy machine-gun fire in order to locate the source. He nevertheless refused to be evacuated but continued in the advance with his men, inspiring them by his bravery.