Raymond Scanlon
Home Town: Waltham, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 60, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Raymond Scanlon, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de-Belleau, north of Verdun, France, October 25, 1918. Sergeant Scanlon, while advancing in command of a liaison group, was halted by machine-gun fire from the front. Alone, he dashed ahead of his men toward the enemy position. He wounded two of the enemy and captured the gun. Upon being rejoined by his men he continued the advance.