Josiah B. Mudge
Home Town: Manhattan, KS
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Josiah B. Mudge, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Frapelle, France, August 17, 1918. First Lieutenant Mudge displayed notable courage and determination by leading his company to its objective through a heavy enemy barrage of high-explosive gas shells. Although gassed and wounded in the leg by a shell fragment, he remained in command of his company until it was relieved.