Joseph T. Barr
Home Town: South Orange, NJ
General Orders No. No. 16, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph T. Barr, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, during the night of July 14 and 15, 1918. While in command of a “roving” gun section, Sergeant Barr took up a position about 500 yards in rear of the front line and executed a fire mission while exposed to heavy enemy bombardment. Although wounded, he refused to go to the rear until his mission was completed and the gun returned to the battery.
