Joseph B. Crandall
Home Town: Old Bridge, NJ
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph B. Crandall, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 14 – 15, 1918. Being detached from his platoon with a machine-gun section for the purpose of making a relief, Sergeant Crandall, although severely wounded and suffering great pain, continued to direct his section until killed at his post.
