Alvey C. Martz
Home Town: Glencoe, PA
General Orders 98, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Alvey C. Martz, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Conde- en-Brie, France, July 15, 1918. Under violent shell and machine-gun fire, Sergeant Martz assisted in reorganizing the remnants of his shattered company which was surrounded by the enemy, and held the position until his group was again cut to pieces. With an officer and two other soldiers he then succeeded in fighting his way from within the enemy’s lines to his regiment, killing a large number of the enemy with his pistol.
