Adolph Swanson
Home Town: Grant, IA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Adolph Swanson, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Les Huit Chemins, France, September 29, 1918. Private Swanson volunteered and accompanied Chaplain Charles D. Priest in going 600 yards beyond the front line and assisted him in carrying to safety a wounded man.