Arthur E. Westphal
Home Town: West Newton, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 95, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur E. Westphal, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fossoy, France, July 15, 1918. In command of a Stokes mortar detachment, Lieutenant Westphal displayed marked coolness and leadership under intense enemy shell fire in so operating his guns as to stop the advance of the Germans and prevent their crossing the Marne.