Alexander Scandel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alexander Scandel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois- de-Pultiere, France, October 15, 1918. When his platoon was forced to take shelter from the intense fire, Private Scandel, with another soldier, having located the source of the fire, crawled forward 200 yards, capturing a nest containing two guns and five of the enemy. “When his companion, had started to the rear with the prisoners, Private Scandel continued forward, rushing from shell hole to shell hole, and outflanking a second nest, taking one gun and three prisoners.