Albert B. Dravland

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert B. Dravland, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chatel-Chehery, France, October 7, 1918. Acting as stretcher bearer, Private First Class Dravland displayed exceptional courage in transporting wounded from the battlefield under machine-gun and artillery fire. He worked continuously for more than 48 hours without a rest, supervising a detachment of stretcher bearers searching the woods for wounded.