Walter B. Stripling

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter B. Stripling, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Nonsard, France, September 12, 1918. The whole line being held up by heavy fire from an enemy strong point, Corporal Stripling, with marked initiative, led his squad, despite strong resistance, skillfully flanked and captured his objective, together with 30 prisoners, without the loss of a man.