Alfred Stevenson
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Home Town: Chester, PA
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General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alfred Stevenson, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismette, France, August 10, 1918. Sergeant Stevenson and another soldier voluntarily went through heavy machine-gun fire to carry an important message to an advanced unit. Attracted by the cries of a wounded soldier while they were returning they went to his assistance and, in doing so, Sergeant Stevenson was mortally wounded.