Joseph A. Wallace
Home Town: Battle Ground, WA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph A. Wallace, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 3, 1918. While his company was under heavy shell fire Corporal Wallace voluntarily, unhesitatingly, and repeatedly left his shelter under heavy shell fire, without thought of personal danger, rendered first aid, and carried wounded comrades to a place of safety.