Albert J. Kunze

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert J. Kunze, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action south of Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Having reached the first objective, his platoon was temporarily halted by heavy enemy machine-gun fire. Corporal Kunze, hearing cries for help from a wounded comrade who lay about 200 yards in front of the platoon, voluntarily left shelter, went out under heavy machine-gun fire, and succeeded in bring him to a place of safety. In so doing, corporal Kunze was severely wounded.