Alexander Newell

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander Newell, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chateau-Thierry, France, July 15, 1918. Leading a squad of nine men, Corporal Newell fearlessly passed through an enemy barrage, captured five machine guns and 33 prisoners, and recovered a sergeant of his company who was helpless from wounds, all under violent artillery fire.