Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    363d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 37 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Walter N. Anderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 363d Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Very, France, 26 September 1918. With the aid of an enlisted man, Lieutenant Anderson attacked a nest of enemy snipers and succeeded in killing two, wounding one, and taking the remaining two as prisoners.