Henry W. Wetzel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Henry W. Wetzel, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, October 4 – 20, 1918. Private Wetzel, a company runner, repeatedly volunteered for missions so hazardous that no others would attempt them. At all hours of the day and night over unknown ground, he carried numerous messages in the face of heavy machine-gun and shell fire.