Roland R. Reinholdt

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roland R. Reinholdt, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. Sent forward with two platoons on a reconnaissance mission, Captain Reinholdt encountered the enemy in force, but effected the capture of 13 Germans, including an officer. He then held the position he had seized for three hours, although subjected to fire, that rendered three-fourths of his men casualties, until French tanks arrived, when, with the remnants of his platoon, he attacked and captured machine-gun nests inaccessible to the tanks. The stubborn resistance to enemy attacks which he maintained was one of the deciding factors in the fight.