Henry O. Kessler

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry O. Kessler, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ville Savoye, France, August 23, 1918. Private Kessler was the first to respond to a call for volunteers to rescue a wounded soldier who had fallen, severely wounded, while on a patrol. Crawling forward through intense machine-gun and artillery fire, he assisted in the rescue, being severely wounded while engaged in the undertaking.