Marion H. Cardwell

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marion H. Cardwell, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chevillon, France, July 18, 1918. After his company had failed in an attack on Hill 208 with the loss of two officers and sixty-five men, Lieutenant Cardwell reorganized the remaining men of his organization and personally led them in a second attack on the same objective. The advance was made in the face of heavy machine-gun and trench mortar fire, but due to the example and individual bravery of Lieutenant Cardwell, the objective was taken and held.