Andrew J. Padgett

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew J. Padgett, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montbrehain, France, October 7, 1918. Taking command of his platoon after its commander had been seriously wounded, Sergeant Padgett led it with remarkable daring through heavy machine-gun fire and captured sis machine-gun nests. Wounded by a machine-gun bullet, Sergeant Padgett continued on to the objective, using his rifle as a crutch, and directed the consolidation of the new position.