Albert C. Westfall

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert C. Westfall, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Souplet, France, October 18, 1918. Undaunted by terrific machine-gun fire, Corporal Westfall went out into the open and rescued a British officer who had fallen wounded. Later, after two runners had been killed in trying to locate missing elements of his battalion, Corporal Westfall assumed this task and in performing it four times crossed a sunken road which was continuously raked by enemy machine-gun fire.