Melvin J. Politte
Home Town: Old Mines, MO
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Melvin J. Politte, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Ballois Farm, France, July 15, 1918. After seeing many of his comrades killed or wounded in attempting the same mission, Corporal Politte went forward under heavy shell and gas bombardment and repaired telephone lines.