Jean Roussel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jean Roussel, Private First Class, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September 12 & 13, 1918. While engaged on liaison duty with his platoon in the front line, Cavalier Roussel displayed remarkable daring in an encounter with ten of the enemy. After seizing a rifle from the hands of one of them, he succeeded in disarming the others and brought them to our lines.