Alex Hammond
Home Town: Harvest, AL
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 139, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alex Hammond, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Lesseux, France, September 4, 1918. Although he was severely wounded, Private Hammond remained at his post and continued to fight a superior force which had attempted to enter our lines, thereby preventing the success of an enemy raid in force.