Walter J. Mccann
Home Town: Springfield, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 107, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter J. McCann, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois Brule, France. During the action of April 10, 1918, Private First Class McCann displayed conspicuous gallantry by leaving shelter and running through a heavily shelled area to pick up a wounded soldier and carry him unaided and at great personal risk to a dressing station.