Warren S. Gammell

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Warren S. Gammell, Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action northwest of Somme-Py, near St. Etienne, France, October 8, 1918. Sergeant Gammel showed conspicuous courage and devotion to duty in evacuating the wounded under most trying conditions. He made repeated trips in plain view of the enemy observers over roads under continuous shell fire. He was killed by a shell fragment while riding in an ambulance to an advanced post.