George W. Sadler
Home Town: Laneview, VA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George W. Sadler, First Lieutenant (Chaplain), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Cunel, France, October 9-16, 1918. Throughout this period Chaplain Sadler, regardless of his personal safety, gave first aid and assisted in the evacuation of the wounded from the field under heavy machine-gun and shell fire and gas.