William M. Wallace
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William M. Wallace, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mazinghein, France, October 19, 1918. With another soldier, Private Wallace volunteered and rescued a wounded comrade from an exposed position in front of the line after two other men had lost their lives in attempting to do so.
