Arthur B. Cornwell
Home Town: Saginaw, MI
General Orders No. No. 46, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur B. Cornwell, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Exermont, France, October 4, 1918. When his battalion commander was missing Lieutenant Cornwell assumed command of the Second Battalion and personally led it in the attack on Hill 240, which was strongly defended by the enemy, who, by their machine-gun fire, inflicted heavy casualties upon the attacking troops. The position was taken and the units on both flanks, previously held up by the fire from this position, were enabled to continue their advance.
