Marshall P. Wilder

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marshall P. Wilder, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Xammes, France, September 26, 1918. Captain Wilder was in command of a raiding party, which was caught under such heavy machine-gun fire that the success of the raid was threatened. Taking charge of a combat group, whose leader had become a casualty, this officer charged the hostile strong point and succeeded in clearing it with heavy casualties to the enemy, the remainder of whom retreated.