Alexander Gosselin

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander Gosselin, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. After finishing the work of laying telephone lines on high ground under heavy artillery fire and direct observation of the enemy, Sergeant Gosselin ordered his men to shelter and remained behind to repair breaks caused by the shelling. He was killed a few minutes later by the explosion of a shell.