Samuel Snowden

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Samuel Snowden, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cierges, France, July 31, 1918. Exposed to intensive artillery and machine-gun fire, Sergeant Snowden crawled to the crest of a hill and administered first aid to a wounded man, thus saving his life. While doing so, he was wounded in the right leg above the knee, but undaunted, he picked up another more seriously wounded than himself and brought him to a dressing station.