Martin E. Gardner
Home Town: Sharpsburg, MD
General Orders No. 72, W.D., 1920
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Martin E. Gardner, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Juvin, France, October 15, 1918. After his commanding officer had been severely wounded, Sergeant Gardner took command of the detachment, and although severely wounded himself, he gallantly led his group in the attack against enemy machine-gun fire. At the conclusion of this successful attack, he was shot and killed by an enemy sniper.
