William J. Craven
Home Town: Boston, MA
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Craven, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Wadonville, France, September 25 – 26, 1918. Private Craven assisted in establishing a dressing station in a dugout in an advanced position. When it was destroyed by a shell he worked unceasingly in the open under fire from enemy machine-guns and snipers, caring for the wounded. He remained at his post for several hours after his station had been ordered closed, permitting neither his own exhaustion nor the enemy fire to deter him from aiding the wounded.
