Albert John Peaden

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert John Peaden, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux Andigny, France, October 11, 1918. While delivering a message, Private Peaden was seriously wounded by a bullet which entered his cheek and passed through his lower right jaw, but he refused to be evacuated and continued on duty until the following day. Upon reporting to the aid station he was evacuated to the hospital, where the wound was found to be so serious that he was compelled to remain there for several weeks.