Chandler Sprague

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chandler Sprague, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Balschwiller, Alsace, August 31, 1918. Upon returning from a raid which he led against enemy trenches, Lieutenant Sprague found one of his men was missing. Accompanied by one man, he promptly and voluntarily returned through artillery, machine-gun, and rifle fire, found the missing man, who had been wounded and carried him back to the American lines.