John R. Dixon
Home Town: Pittsburgh, PA
General Orders No. No. 11, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John R. Dixon, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action west of Varennes, France, September 27, 1918. While advancing in the attack against a strongly held enemy position, Sergeant Dixon’s platoon was suddenly fired on by several machine guns. The platoon commander was killed and the platoon forced to withdraw. Hearing the cries of a wounded comrade, he advanced through heavy machine-gun fire over 100 yards toward the enemy lines and returned with a severely wounded comrade.
