Chandler Sprague
Home Town: Baltimore, MD
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. No. 100, W.D., 1918
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chandler Sprague, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Balschwiller, Alsace, August 31, 1918. Upon returning from a raid which he led against enemy trenches, Lieutenant Sprague found one of his men was missing. Accompanied by one man, he promptly and voluntarily returned through artillery, machine-gun, and rifle fire, found the missing man, who had been wounded and carried him back to the American lines.