Los Angeles County CA Archives Military Records.....Alonso, Eugene 1918
WWI 364th Infantry, Machine Gun Co.
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Distinguished Service Cross Citation
  Eugene Alonso, private, Machine Gun Company, 364th Infantry. For extraordinary
heroism in action near Eclisfontaine, France, September 27, 1918, and October 4,
1918. On September 27 he, with two other soldiers, volunteered and went 800 yards
beyond our outposts' lines, through heavy shell fire, to bring in a wounded private
of his regiment. On October 4 he remained in the open, under heavy shrapnel and
high-explosive fire, giving first aid to our wounded men until he was wounded by
shrapnel. Residence at enlistment: 424 North Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif.



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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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