Nate T. Nesselson

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Nate T. Nesselson, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 9, 1918. Private Nesselson repeatedly exposed himself to heavy enemy fire in order to deliver messages from his company to the battalion commander. In the performance of this mission it was necessary for him to cross the Vesle River, which was constantly swept by enemy machine-gun fire. He volunteered to carry a message after others had been killed in the attempt and continued to perform this perilous duty until he was mortally wounded.