Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Regiment:

    6th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    August 17, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 15 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Sergeant Wallace Green (ASN: 734184), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 6th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Frapelle, France, 17 August 1918. Sergeant Green unhesitatingly and with great coolness and courage went forward under a heavy enemy barrage to destroy wire entanglements and continued this hazardous work until killed.