Walter J. Fillyaw
Home Town: Fayetteville, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter J. Fillyaw, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 5, 1918. Having been wounded and ordered to the rear, Private Fillyaw nevertheless continued to administer first-aid treatment to other wounded men under constant shell fire, until he was wounded a second time, when he was evacuated, despite his protests.