Albert B. Helsley

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert B. Helsley, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fleville, France, October 9, 1918. During the attack of Hill 272, Lieutenant Helsley courageously led, under a heavy machine-gun fire, a section of his machine-gun platoon to a position from which they could engage a machine-gun nest about 400 yards distant that was causing heavy casualties, and although severely wounded, he nevertheless remained in command and directed the advance which resulted in taking the enemy’s strong point and relieving an exposed flank from a heavy fire.