Saxton C. Foss
Home Town: Somerville, MA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders 89, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Saxton C. Foss, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 8, 1918. With exceptional courage, Private Foss voluntarily advanced to flank a machine-gun nest, which was holding up the advancing battalion; and, in so doing, was fatally wounded.