Arthur E. Nelson
Home Town: Albert Lea, MN
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur E. Nelson, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, on July 1, 1918. Under heavy bombardment, while sick Sergeant First Class Nelson went to maintain communication with an attacking battalion of the infantry and was killed in this heroic action.