D’Alary Fechet
Home Town: Jacksonville, FL
General Orders No. No. 3, W.D., 1921
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to D’Alary Fechet, Major, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Vierzy, France, July 18, 1918. Major D’Alary personally led his battalion in the attack, during which he was severely wounded in the neck by a shell fragment. After receiving first aid he rejoined his battalion and remained in command throughout the operation. His energy and personal heroism were material factors in the successful attack made by his battalion on the strongly fortified town of Vierzy.
