Joe Williams

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joe Williams, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lesseux, France, September 4, 1918. Private Williams was a member of a combat group which was attacked by 20 of an enemy raiding party advancing under a heavy barrage and using liquid. The sergeant in charge of the group was killed and several others, including Private Williams, were wounded. Nevertheless, this soldier, with three others, fearlessly resisted the enemy until they were driven off.