Walter P. Steele
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
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.