Walter P. Steele
Home Town: Roseclare, IL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 15, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter P. Steele, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Corporal Steele advanced alone upon an enemy machine-gun nest, shot three of the crew, and continued his efforts to silence the guns until he was wounded.