Michael J. Cullen
Home Town: San Francisco, CA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Michael J. Cullen, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 28, 1918. With six other soldiers, Corporal Cullen responded to a call for volunteers to go four hundred yards beyond the front line and bring in wounded comrades. Under terrific machine-gun and shell fire, he assisted in the rescue of seven wounded men, also bringing in the dead body of a company lieutenant.