Alfred W. Gardner
Home Town: New York, NY
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alfred W. Gardner, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Argonne Forest, France, October 3, 1918. Attacking enemy machine-gun nests, Lieutenant Gardner displayed the highest courage when he led his company up a steep slope in the face of murderous fire. Before he could accomplish his objective he was killed.
