Arthur J. Tickner
Home Town: Syracuse, NY
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 21, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur J. Tickner, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. After his company commander had been wounded and he himself had been shot through the wrist, Corporal Tickner assisted the captain to walk forward in the attack. During the advance a shell burst nearby and took off the leg of his company commander and. again wounded the corporal who, in spite of his injuries, forced five Germans to carry his captain more than four kilometers to an aid station thereby saving his life.
