Willie Cross
Home Town: Jefferson City, TN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Willie Cross, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, October 7, 1918. After three runners had been killed in attempting to carry a message to an advanced platoon through a heavy artillery and machine-gun barrage, Private Cross volunteered for the mission and carried the message through.