World War 1 Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross
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Born: at New York, New York Home Town: Brookline, Massachusetts Welling, Hank
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hank Welling, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 316th Infantry Regiment, 79th Division, A.E.F., near Montfaucon, France, September 27, 1918. After being severely wounded in the side, Lieutenant Welling refused to be evacuated, but continued to lead his platoon in the attack. Throughout the afternoon and evening he remained with his men, inspiring them by his courage and fortitude in spite of intense pain, it being necessary to carry him when a temporary withdrawal of the line was made.
Born: at Trenton, New Jersey Home Town: Trenton, New Jersey *Wells, Edward L. (First Award) Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward L. Wells, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 2d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Buzancy, France, July 21, 1918. When the advancing lines were checked by the fire of numerous enemy machine gun, Lieutenant Wells skillfully directed the placing of one of his machine guns and silenced the hostile guns. While the line was being consolidated this officer, with another, reconnoitered beyond the left flank, which was being swept by enfilading fire. Locating a German machine gun, he put it out of action by well- =aimed shots from a rifle which he was then carrying. He then pushed on farther, accompanied by a soldier, captured a prisoner and discovered a nest of 8 enemy machine-guns located in a trench, whereupon with great daring he brought up a section of guns and opened up an annihilating fire which dispersed the enemy with many casualties.
Born: at Charleston, South Carolina Home Town: Charleston, South Carolina Other Award: Distinguished Service Cross w/OLC (WWI) *Wells, Edward L. (Second Award)
The Distinguished Service Cross (First Oak Leaf Cluster) is presented to Edward L. Wells, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 2d Machine-Gun Battalion, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. When the attack was held up by heavy machine gun fire, Captain Wells volunteered for the mission and led a platoon of infantry, reinforced by four machine- guns, into Exermont. In spite of desperate resistance, he led the attack through the streets, capturing many prisoners and learning from one of these the approximate location of machine-guns on heights to the north, led the three remaining members of the command against these. Within 50 yards of the enemy emplacements, one of his men was killed and Captain Wells was mortally wounded, but he had succeeded in indicating to those in the rear the location of the hostile positions.
Born: at Charleston, South Carolina Home Town: Charleston, South Carolina Other Award: Distinguished Service Cross (WWI) Wells, Floyd H. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Floyd H. Wells, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 326th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, A.E.F., near St. Juvin, France, October 16, 1918. With another soldier Corporal Wells advanced several hundred yards ahead of the front line, under heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, and rescued a wounded comrade.
Born: at Jolley, Iowa Home Town: Chester, Iowa Wells, John T.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John T. Wells, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company E, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. Wounded at the start of an advance, Sergeant Wells continued in command of his platoon; and, engaging in hand-to-hand fighting, bayoneted three Germans and captured several others. He displayed marked personal bravery, leading his platoon ably until forced to retire because of loss of blood from his wound.
Born: at Watha, North Carolina Home Town: Watha, North Carolina Welsch, Theodore P.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Theodore P. Welsch, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Battery A, 10th Field Artillery, 3d Division, A.E.F., near St. Eugene, France, July 15, 1918. Engaged in maintaining liaison between the Artillery and the Infantry, Private Welsch was wounded in the arm while carrying an important message. He completed his mission, however, before securing first-aid treatment and immediately afterwards returned to duty.
Born: at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Home Town: Newark, Ohio Welsh, Edward J.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward J. Welsh, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company D, 311th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, A.E.F., near Grand Pre, France, October 19, 1918. After having received seven machine-gun wounds Sergeant Welsh refused to go to the dressing station, remaining with his company and rendering valuable aid to both his platoon and company commander.
Born: at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Home Town: Freehold, New Jersey Wendels, Anthonie
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthonie Wendels, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Division, A.E.F., near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Private Wendels went forward ahead of his company against a machine-gun that was checking the advance, killed the crew, and captured the gun.
Born: at Holland Home Town: Ridgewood, New Jersey Wenell, Carl O.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl O. Wenell, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Medical Detachment, 151st Field Artillery (Attached), 42d Division, A.E.F., at Pannes, France, September 21, 1918. Private Wenell displayed the highest bravery and self-sacrificing spirit by voluntarily leaving shelter during a heavy hostile bombardment and going to the assistance of several wounded men of another regiment, whose position adjoined that of his own organization. Under terrific shell fire he skillfully dressed their wounds and then removed them to a place of safety, thereby saving their lives. Again returning to the shell-swept street, he made a careful reconnaissance for any other casualties which might have been overlooked.
Born: at Minneapolis, Minnesota Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota *Werner, Bernard
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Bernard Werner, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Forty-Third Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action at Chateau-Thierry, France, June 6, 1918. Killed in action, Sergeant Werner gave the supreme proof of the extraordinary heroism which will serve as an example to hitherto untried troops.
Born: at Switzerland Home Town: Detroit, Michigan Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action) *Werner, George Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Werner, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company H, 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Division, A.E.F., in the Bois-de-la Naza, France, October 5, 1918. With two other soldiers, Corporal Werner volunteered to crawl out under enemy machine-gun fire in an effort to locate three members of the platoon, who were missing after an unsuccessful attack on enemy machine-gun nests. Finding the body of one, they located another, who lay helplessly wounded, by calling out his name. As a result, they drew increased fire from the enemy, but they courageously crawled 25 yards further toward the hostile positions and succeeded in carrying back the wounded man, through the machine-gun fire, to our lines.
Born: at Albany, New York Home Town: Albany, New York Wescott, Allen P.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Allen P. Wescott, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 311th Infantry Regiment (Attached from Troop C, 2d Cavalry), 78th Division, A.E.F., near Chevieres, France, October 21, 1918. Becoming separated from his own organization, Private Wescott attached himself to an infantry company. While on a patrol he was wounded three times. After the party had been surrounded by German machine-guns, he volunteered to carry a message to the company commander, wading across the Aire River in so doing. After guiding a platoon to the relief of the patrol, he again made several trips to and from the company post of command, crossing the river, though waist deep, five times after being wounded. He was sent to the rear against his vigorous protests, and after being tagged for evacuation he gave further proof of his devotion to duty and unselfishness by helping carry another wounded soldier three miles on a stretcher.
Born: at Portland, Maine Home Town: North Castine, Maine *Wescott, Ira L.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Ira L. Wescott, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32d Division, A.E.F., near Juvigny, France, August 28 - 30, 1918. Sergeant Wescott, as second in command, accompanied a small combat patrol which successfully attacked an enemy trench up by 30 of the enemy, with machine-guns, driving the enemy from the trench and inflicting many casualties. When the patrol leader was severely wounded, Sergeant Wescott took command and immediately reorganized the patrol, holding the captured position despite a severe harassing fire from the enemy, until relief came.
Born: at Byron Center, Michigan Home Town: Grandville, Michigan Wessel, Leonard H. F.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Leonard H. F. Wessel, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company K, 114th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, A.E.F., near Verdun, France, October 12 - 14, 1918. Private First Class Wessel performed his duties as a runner under heavy shell fire three days and nights without rest, and when the relay stations between the battalion and regimental posts of command had been wiped out he continued to carry messages the entire distances between the two posts.
Born: at Boston, Massachusetts Home Town: West Hartford, Connecticut Wesselhoeft, Conrad (First Award) Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Conrad Wesselhoeft, First Lieutenant (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 102d Infantry Regiment (Attached), 26th Division, A.E.F., during the Aisne-Marne offensive, France, July 18 - 26, 1918. Lieutenant Wesselhoeft, despite intense machine-gun and artillery fire, courageously established an operated his aid stations close to the front lines. On July 18, 1918, when the infantry retired, he maintained his aid station in advance of our own front lines, refused to leave the wounded unattended, and remained with them until the lines were reestablished.
Born: at Wilmington, North Carolina Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts Other Award: Distinguished Service Cross w/OLC (WWI) Wesselhoeft, Conrad (Second Award)
The Distinguished Service Cross (First Oak Leaf Cluster) is presented to Conrad Wesselhoeft, Captain (Medical Corps), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 102d Infantry Regiment (Attached), 26th Division, A.E.F., near Verdun, France, November 8, 1918. Captain Wesselhoeft went forward, under heavy machine-gun fire, to the aid of a wounded soldier. The fire was so heavy that they were compelled to remain in the shell hole until nightfall, when he brought the wounded man to our lines.
Born: at Wilmington, North Carolina Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts Other Award: Distinguished Service Cross (WWI) West, Brodie Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Brodie West, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company A, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. When his automatic squad had become lost from the platoon in a heavy smoke barrage, Corporal West advanced alone upon a machine-gun nest, which was firing directly from the front, silenced the gun, and returned to our lines with 37 prisoners.
Born: at Wayne County, North Carolina Home Town: Pikeville, North Carolina *West, Carroll B.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carroll B. West, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 12th Machine-Gun Battalion, 4th Division, A.E.F., near the Bois-des-Ogons, France, September 30, 1918, and October 2, 1918. Sergeant West displayed exceptional courage and leadership in leading the section forward and maintaining fire on the enemy from an advanced position in the wood, successfully covering the withdrawal of the infantry to a more secure position. This gallant soldier was killed two days later while he was successfully directing his section in breaking up an enemy counter-attack.
Born: at Lakemills, Wisconsin Home Town: Milton Junction, Wisconsin West, Hedford
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Hedford West, Mechanic, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company M, 137th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, A.E.F., near Montrebeau Woods, France, September 29, 1918. Seeing a comrade lying wounded in advance of our lines, Mechanic West left a shell hole and exposing himself to heavy machine-gun fire, went into the open, and assisted by another soldier, carried the wounded man back to safety.
Born: at Ogallah, Kansas Home Town: Salina, Kansas *West, Henry
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry West, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Forty-Seventh Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, June 25, 1918. Sergeant West unselfishly exposed himself in an effort to bring down an enemy sniper who had wounded several members of his group, and was himself killed while in the performance of this self-sacrificing act.
Born: at Ware, Massachusetts Home Town: Watertown, Massachusetts Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action) West, Henry Arthur Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry Arthur West, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company L, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, A.E.F., near Molain, France, October 17, 1918. With another soldier, Private First Class West volunteered to go out across an open space swept by heavy machine-gun fire, for 150 yards, to rescue two wounded soldiers. The mission was accomplished successfully.
Born: at Riverton, Iowa Home Town: Riverton, Iowa West, James H.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to James H. West, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 167th Infantry Regiment, 42d Division, A.E.F., near Ancerviller, France, March 4, 1928. Sergeant West was a member of a patrol of five men which, on March 4, 1918, encountered an enemy patrol of 11 men, which it attacked and routed, taking two prisoners.
Born: at Cherokee County, Alabama Home Town: Hokes Bluff, Alabama West, John Albert
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John Albert West, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Sixth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 2 - 5, 1918. Second Lieutenant West voluntarily led a reconnaissance patrol under difficult conditions and secured information necessary to an attack. Three days later, after the command of his company had devolved on him, he continued in action in spite of being severely wounded, leading his men to the objective and refusing to be evacuated until proper disposition had been made.
Born: at Cincinnati, Ohio Home Town: Cincinnati, Ohio Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action) West, John E. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John E. West, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 115th Infantry Regiment, 29th Division, A.E.F., near Verdun, France, October 8 - 16, 1918, in the Bois-de-Consenvoye on October 8, and the Bois-de-Grande Montagne on October 16. Sergeant West ably led his platoon with extreme courage and gallantry, and by his conduct inspired the men of his platoon to greater effort. This soldier led a detachment against a strongly protected enemy machine-gun nest and successfully took the position under heavy fire.
Born: at Belle Haven, Virginia Home Town: Baltimore, Maryland West, Robert John
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Robert John West, Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, A.E.F., at Liny-devant-Dun and Fontaines, France, November 6 - 7, 1918. When his command was halted by heavy fire from an enemy position, strongly entrenched and supported by a large number of machine guns, Lieutenant Colonel West placed himself in front of his men and gallantly led them in person to a successful attack, thereby securing a foothold on the east bank of the Meuse and insuring the safe passage of additional troops. By his disregard for personal danger he set an inspiring example to his men and played a conspicuous role in gaining the heights on the east bank of the Meuse held by the enemy since 1914.
Born: at Leavenworth, Kansas Home Town: Leavenworth, Kansas Westergren, Harry Orman
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harry Orman Westergren, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Headquarters Company, Fifth Regiment (Marines), 2d Division, A.E.F., in action near St. Etienne, France, October 4 - 6, 1918. Private Westergren, a runner, displayed exceptional courage in volunteering to carry important messages over terrain constantly swept by machine-gun and shell fire.
Born: at Clearfield, Kansas Home Town: Emporia, Kansas Other Award: Navy Cross (Same Action) Westervelt, Edgar C. Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edgar C. Westervelt, Second Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, A.E.F., near Soissons, France, July 18 - 21, 1918. Unaided Second Lieutenant Westervelt reconnoitered enemy machine-gun positions. On July 19, 1918, with a small party he crossed an area swept by fire and demolished several machine-gun nests that were holding up the advance.
Born: at Grand Island, Nebraska Home Town: Lincoln, Nebraska Westfall, Albert C.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert C. Westfall, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company G, 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, A.E.F., near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. Undaunted by terrific machine-gun fire, Corporal Westfall went out into the open and rescued a British officer who had fallen wounded. Later, after two runners had been killed in trying to locate missing elements of his battalion, Corporal Westfall assumed this task and in performing it four times crossed a sunken road which was continuously raked by enemy machine-gun fire.
Born: at Scranton, Pennsylvania Home Town: Oneonta, New York Weston, Stephen J.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stephen J. Weston, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-Brieulles, France, September 28, 1918. Sergeant Weston charged an enemy machine-gun, which was inflicting heavy losses upon our troops and delaying the advance. He wounded the gunner and captured the gun, thereby enabling our advance to continue.
Born: at Waterbury, Connecticut Home Town: Waterbury, Connecticut Westphal, Arthur E.
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur E. Westphal, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 7th Infantry Regiment, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918. In command of a Stokes mortar detachment, Lieutenant Westphal displayed marked coolness and leadership under intense enemy shell fire in so operating his guns as to stop the advance of the Germans and prevent their crossing the Marne. Yüklə 3,43 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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