Joseph A. Mccallister

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph A. McCallister, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chateau du Diable, near Fismes, France, August 27, 1918. Corporal McCallister personally led his squad in an attempt to capture an enemy machine-gun, and after all of his men had been wounded and he himself severely wounded he withdrew, and, collecting other men, advanced three times to the attack, finally capturing the gun and driving off or killing its crew.