Richard M. Kirk
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Home Town: Seattle, WA
Status:
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Richard M. Kirk, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Audenarde, Belgium, November 1, 1918. Sergeant Kirk was a member of a patrol sent out to reconnoiter the town of Audenarde. This patrol discovered several enemy machine- gun sniper posts, located in buildings, which were enfilading the streets of the town. Taking another soldier with him, and dodging from building to building, he entered one of these houses and captured two machine-gunners.