Anthony F. Shedlock

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthony F, Shedlock, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville-Savoye, France, August 6, 1918. Sergeant Shedlock, when the officers of the company became casualties, took command, reorganized the scattered groups into a platoon, and personally led them across the Vesle River, in the face of heavy machine- gun fire, and drove the enemy from their position on the railroad embankment 500 yards beyond the river. He defended his position under the heavy fire and attacks of the enemy.