Arthur V. Savage
Home Town: Philadelphia, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur V. Savage, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mezy, France, July 15, 1918. In the darkness, Lieutenant Savage charged a machine-gun which had been brought across the Marne by the Germans to cover their crossing during the night, but was completely surrounded and killed just as he reached the gun.
