Daniel D. Pullen – Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

PULLEN, DANIEL D.
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army
Home: Skagway, Alaska
Tank Corps, A.E.F.
Date of Action: September 26, 1918
General Orders No. No. 133, W.D., 1918

Citation:

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Daniel D. Pullen, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois- de-Cuisy, France, September 26, 1918.

Colonel Pullen displayed conspicuous gallantry and leadership in directing a tank attack on the Bois-de-Cuisy, after which he rallied a force of disorganized infantry, leading it forward in the face of violent machine-gun fire, and occupying the ground which had been taken by the tanks.


PULLEN, DANIEL D
MAJOR CORPS OF ENGRS USA
DATE OF DEATH: 09/22/1923
BURIED AT: SECTION SO DI  SITE 1364-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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