Albert Lee Cranford
Home Town: Concord, NC
General Orders No. 50, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert Lee Cranford, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 27, 1918. After all his comrades had been killed or wounded and he himself injured by an enemy hand grenade, Private Cranford defended his post single-handed in the face of a German bombing attack until reinforcements arrived. He then continued on duty with his company, refusing to be evacuated until he was severely gassed later.
