Alexander R. Seamon

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander R. Seamon, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Charpentry, France, September 26, 1918. With a combat patrol, Lieutenant Seamon passed through our own weakened barrage and through a heavy enemy barrage, penetrating the enemy line to a depth of about two kilometers, entering the environs of Charpentry and capturing a German headquarters detachment of a dozen officers and men, together with valuable artillery maps showing the location of enemy batteries. Returning to his command, he organized his men and advanced again against a heavily manned and fortified machine-gun nest near Charpentry-Eclisfontaine Road, meeting his death in the advance.