Walter A. Holt

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter A. Holt, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 15 – 16, 1918. Private Holt volunteered to establish liaison with the unit on the right, although this mission required that he cross an area swept by heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Although fired upon at short range by enemy snipers, he successfully completed his mission and succeeded in capturing three German prisoners. Later he exposed himself to heavy machine-gun fire in order to assist in the rescue of the wounded.