John Rees
Home Town: Ellensburg, WA
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Rees, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, September 29, 1918. Sergeant Rees fearlessly led his platoon in the face of a murderous fire in an attack on a machine-gun nest, and by his personal example contributed largely to the success of the attack by his platoon.
