Louis Surdez

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Louis Surdez, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September 16, 1918. Although wounded by shell fire a few minutes before his company took up the advance Sergeant Surdez led his platoon through 17 hours of shell fire, and by his exceptional example during the advance and consolidation of the new positions encouraged his men to their full duty in action.