Joseph E. Allen
Home Town: Richmond, VA
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph E. Allen, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brabrant, France, October 8, 1918. Corporal Allen, in company with four other soldiers, attacked and captured eight machine guns, together with their crews, in the face of determined resistance.
