Marcel Grizel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Marcel Grizel, Private, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mortzwiller, Alsace, September 1, 1918. On September 1, 1918, at the railroad garage near Mortzwiller, Gunner Grizel unhesitatingly entered an area under heavy bombardment by the enemy, and, as a member of the train crew, assisted in the removal of nine cars of ammunition to a place of safety. This was accomplished in spite of the track being cut and limbs of trees being thrown across the track by bursting shells.