Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    115th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    October 10, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 2 (1919), Amended by Supplement 1

    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 Private First Class John W. Walter (ASN: 1286207), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Verdun, France, 10 October 1918. During an advance on Rechene Hill, Private Walter, after being shot twice in the abdomen, captured a machine-gun by killing three of the enemy.