Christian Allen Schwarzwaelder

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Christian Allen Schwarzwaelder, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vieville. France, November 1, 1918. Lieutenant Schwarzwaelder remained in an exposed place administering first aid to a wounded officer and two soldiers throughout a heavy barrage of gas shells and high explosives after his platoon had withdrawn from the position. He had the wounded men removed to a less exposed place and remained with them until they were evacuated.