Arthur E. Nelson
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 99, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Arthur E. Nelson, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vaux, France, on July 1, 1918. Under heavy bombardment, while sick Sergeant First Class Nelson went to maintain communication with an attacking battalion of the infantry and was killed in this heroic action.
