Wallis H. Sturtevant
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 59, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Wallis H. Sturtevant, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Chery-Chartreuve, France, August 10, 1918. Corporal Sturtevant voluntarily ran through a terrific shell fire into a burning ammunition dump, and rescued a badly wounded and burned comrade. The ammunition was exploded a few seconds after this heroic act was performed.
