Alex J. Barbier
Home Town: White Castle, LA
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alex J. Barbier, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, October 22, 1918. While engaged in a raid on enemy positions, Private Barbier was painfully wounded in the head, but refused to go to the rear, remaining on duty with his platoon and taking an active part in the action for 24 hours after being wounded.
