Judson G. Martell
Home Town: West Somerville, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Judson G. Martell, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 14, 1918. Although seriously wounded, Lieutenant Martell continued to direct his command under heavy machine-gun and sniping fire and maintained organization under heavy demoralizing circumstances until he was killed by a sniper’s bullet.