Thomas J. Stafford
Home Town: Rhinelander, WI
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 98, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas J. Stafford, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Juvigny, France, September 1, 1918. Locating an enemy machine-gun nest, Private Stafford, upon his own initiative, organized a patrol and led it in an attack on the hostile position, thereby facilitating the advance of the company.