Joe H. Vaughan
Home Town: Bon Aqua, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 81, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joe H. Vaughan, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mazinghein, France, October 18, 1918. After several others had failed in the attempt, Sergeant Vaughan crossed ground swept by heavy enemy fire and established liaison with the British unit operating on the flank, volunteering for the mission.