Chester M. Cellar
Home Town: Rochester, NY
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Chester M. Cellar, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action east of Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918. After the other members of his automatic rifle squad had been killed or wounded in an assault against an enemy machine-gun nest, Corporal Cellar operated his gun alone, holding the fire of the machine gun until reinforcements arrived and put it out of action. His great courage and gallantry set an inspiring example to all his comrades.
