Wade C. Wales
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wade C. Wales, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. Accompanying another soldier, Private Wales left shelter, and went forward 100 meters over territory swept by shells and machine-gun fire, and carried a wounded man to safety.