Anthonie Wendels
Home Town: Ridgewood, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthonie Wendels, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Soissons, France, July 18, 1918. Private Wendels went forward ahead of his company against a machine-gun that was checking the advance, killed the crew, and captured the gun.