Walter A. Richards
Home Town: Clifton Station, VA
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter A Richards, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 11, 1918. Leading his platoon in attack, Lieutenant Richards was subjected to fierce and devastating fire of enemy artillery and machine-guns. Although he himself was wounded and 90 per cent of his platoon made casualties, he continued to press forward until he was felled by machine-gun fire after reaching the foremost position of the entire action.
