Max C. Buchanan
Home Town: Boston, MA
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Max C. Buchanan, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the assault at Cantigny, France, May 28 – 31, 1918. Second Lieutenant Buchanan brilliantly led his platoon in the assault at Cantigny, France, reached his objective, consolidates his position successfully under heavy fire, continually walked up and down his line to instruct and encourage his men, until he was killed by an enemy shell.
