Alvin H. Treadwell

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alvin H. Treadwell, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of St. Juvin, France, October 10, 1918. While leading a patrol of four machines at an altitude of 3,000 meters Lieutenant Treadwell observed two American observation airplanes hard pressed by nine of the enemy. Disregarding the enemy’s advantage in number and position he promptly attacked, whereupon the enemy immediately retired. On October 29, 1918, in the region of Bayonville, France, at an altitude of 3,000 meters, Lieutenant Treadwell attacked an enemy biplane, killing the observer and following the machine down to within 50 meters of the ground, well within the enemy’s territory. The gallantry and devotion to duty displayed by Lieutenant Treadwell greatly inspired the members of his squadron.