Herbert W. Nelson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Herbert W. Nelson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Xon Hill, France, September 13, 1918. In the face of heavy machine-gun and shell fire, he went ahead of his own lines, and with the aid of another soldier, carried back a wounded infantryman, who had fallen far in advance of our lines while on a patrol. Private Nelson displayed marked personal bravery and coolness under fire.