John C. Mallan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John C. Mallan, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chipilly Ridge, France, August 9, 1918. During an attack, Private Mallan worked out far ahead of our lines and personally killed four Germans and brought back three prisoners, one of them an officer. Later he formed one of a raiding party and displayed marked skill and bravery, aiding in the capture of fourteen prisoners. Both these missions were carried out under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire.