Paul Aschliman

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Paul Aschliman, Sergeant, French Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Villers-Tournelle, France, May 3 – 4, 1918. During a particularly intense bombardment of high explosives and gas shells, Sergeant Aschliman went through the town notifying and warning the troops of the presence of gas and directing various elements passing that point; his mission at all times exposing him to this heavy fire.