Walter P. Thornhill
Home Town: Fairfield, ME
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Walter P. Thornhill, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, September 12, 1918, Advancing alone and under fire, Corporal Thornhill captured a machine-gun and eight prisoners.