Silas V. Sneeden
Home Town: Sea Gate, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Silas V. Sneeden, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Ypres, Belgium, August 23, 1918. Upon learning that his platoon commander and several comrades had been wounded by heavy shell fire, Private Sneeden voluntarily left his dugout and went to their assistance, helping to carry them 500 yards to the dressing station across an open field heavily bombarded with gas and high-explosive shells.