Albert B. Strickland

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert B. Strickland, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vierzy, France, July 18, 1918. While leading his platoon in attack, Sergeant Strickland was painfully wounded in the leg; disregarding his wound, he continued to lead his platoon forward again until very severely wounded by a shell fragment.