Paul C. Sanderfer
Home Town: Trenton, TN
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul C. Sanderfer, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 10, 1918. Sergeant Sanderfer showed exceptional devotion to duty and bravery during the attack of October 9 – 10. Although wounded by enemy machine-gun fire, he continued to lead his platoon forward until he fell from weakness caused by loss of blood. He even then continued to advance by crawling until his strength entirely failed him.
