John M. Blynn
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
General Orders No. No. 145, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John M. Blynn, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Somme- Py, France, October 2 – 9, 1918. Throughout the attack north of Somme-Py, Private Blynn worked day and night, repeatedly driving over roads under constant shell fire to the advanced dressing stations, and, when necessary, driving to points still farther to the front. On October 3, in front of the advanced infantry post, his ambulance was wrecked by a bursting shell. Securing another car, he evacuated the wounded.
