Reuben L. Johnson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Reuben L. Johnson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near the Bois-de-Brieulles, France, September 28, 1918. Although he had been painfully wounded in the back by a bursting shell, Private Johnson continued to perform his duties as a runner under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, thereby enabling his company commander to maintain control of the company. He remained on duty until late in the night when he was ordered to the dressing station.