Tillman Webster
Home Town: Alexandria, LA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Tillman Webster, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ardeuil, France, September 29, 1918. With three soldiers, Private Webster crawled 200 yards ahead of our line under violent machine-gun fire and rescued an officer who was lying mortally wounded in a shell hole.