Joseph W. Reid
Home Town: Winchester, VA
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Joseph W. Reid, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in Bois-de- la-Grande-Montagne, France, October 15, 1918. When his platoon was held up by machine-gun fire, Corporal Reid fearlessly led them forward and captured machine-guns and prisoners. He later organized and consolidated the position won.
