Alexander P. Schenck

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander P. Schenck, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Doulcon, France, October 4, 1918. Lieutenant Schenck was one of an offensive patrol of six planes that attacked and engaged in combat 17 enemy machines (Fokker type). While he was engaging one of the enemy, he observed a comrade about to be sent down by an enemy plane that had maneuvered to an advantageous position. Lieutenant Schenck immediately left off the combat he was engaged in and shot down the plane, thereby saving the life of his comrade.