Albert J. Cayer
Home Town: Brooklyn, NY
General Orders No. 23, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert J. Cayer, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. During the intense enemy artillery preparation just prior to the German offensive of July 15, 1918, Private Cayer voluntarily made several trips through the heaviest shelling to bring wounded comrades from the field.
