Meredith Wood

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Meredith Wood, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Badonviller, France, June 30, and near Chery Chartreuve, France, August 24, 1918. Accompanied by only one noncommissioned officer, Lieutenant Wood, acting as signal officer, penetrated the enemy’s front line and bravely patrolled their territory, following a wire which was thought to lead to a listening post. He cut the wire and returned to our lines with valuable information. On August 24, when a direct hit was made on the building occupied by regimental headquarters, he was severely gassed when he removed his mask to aid a mortally wounded soldier, and to search for others who might have been overcome.