Anthony Vedral

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Anthony Vedral, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Verdun, France, October 9, 1918. Assuming command of the platoon, Sergeant Vedral led it forward to its objective. When he arrived at the line, he found that his company had been cut off by the enemy barrage. He therefore consolidated his position with the few men he commanded and held it for 18 hours under most terrific bombardment.