Clyde Shelton

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clyde Shelton, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Mazinghien, France, October 19, 1918. Sergeant Shelton who was in command of a platoon, was ordered to post an automatic rifle so as to protect the right flank of his battalion, and in order to do this, it was necessary to advance his line beyond a hedge and wire fence. Halting his platoon, he went forward himself, and, under heavy fire in clear view of the enemy, he cut an opening in the barrier. His courageous act permitted a patrol to pass through, and the line was subsequently established with a minimum of casualties.