Thomas M. Rivel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Thomas M. Rivel, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montfaucon, France, September 28 – 30, 1918. While acting as a division observer Sergeant Rivel remained constantly on duty for several days in a building on the heights of Montfaucon. While he was in this building portions of it were destroyed by direct artillery hits, and hostile shelling was such that other observers located in the same building withdrew to a safer place. Sergeant Rivel, however, remained constantly at his post of duty and obtained important information.