Isaac Valley
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. No. 101, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Isaac Valley, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Vraincourt, France on July 22, 1918. When a hand grenade was dropped among a group of soldiers in a trench and when he might have saved himself by flight, Corporal Valley attempted to cover it with his foot and thereby protect his comrades. In the performance of this brave act he was severely wounded.
