Chester E. Wright

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester E. Wright, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, October 23, 1918. Lieutenant Wright, accompanied by one other machine, attacked and sent down in flames an enemy plane (Fokker type), that was attacking an allied plane. He was in turn attacked by three enemy planes. His companion was forced to withdraw on account of motor trouble. Lieutenant Wright continued the combat and succeeded in bringing down one of the enemy planes and forced the remaining two into their own territory.

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester E. Wright, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Beffu, France, October 10, 1918. Lieutenant Wright attacked an enemy observation balloon protected by four enemy planes and, despite numerical superiority, he forced the planes to withdraw and destroyed the enemy balloon.