Thomas J. Wilson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas J. Wilson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Premont, France, October 7, 1918. After his platoon had reached its objective in an exhausted condition and without food or water, he voluntarily exposed himself to heavy fire to get rations and canteens from dead soldiers, who had fallen in exposed positions, and distributed these among the men of his platoon. Later, he carried an important message over ground subjected to intense artillery fire, and, with three other soldiers, carried a wounded officer to a dressing station, over ground commanded by the enemy positions.