Alexander H. Stone
Home Town: Fredericksburg, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander H. Stone, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Brabrant, France, October 8, 1918. Lieutenant Stone personally led his men in attack on machine-gun nests, destroying several of them and capturing many prisoners and several guns. He repeatedly refused to go to the rear with a badly sprained ankle, though ordered to do so by a surgeon.