Stephen M. Mance

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Stephen M. Mance, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Chipilly Ridge, France, August 10, 1918. Sent out alone to locate the position of snipers, and coming upon a machine-gun nest, Corporal Mance boldly attacked it single-handed, capturing the gun, wounding one of the crew, and taking three prisoners.