John E. Garthright
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John E. Garthright, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 28 – 29, 1918. Private Garthright distinguished himself time after time carrying in wounded under heavy shell fire until he was finally killed while engaged in this self-sacrificing work.
