Cylburn O. Mattfeldt

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Cylburn O. Mattfeldt, First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Jaulny, France, September 13, 1918. In plain view of the enemy Lieutenant Mattfeldt rode across a field to a friendly battery, whose barrage was falling on the American trenches, and stopped its fire, thereby permitting a reestablishment of the front line and saving many lives.