Albert Leonard Schlesinger

Military Honor(s):

Distinguished Service Cross

Citation: The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert Schlesinger, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois-Dommartin, near Beney, France, October 11, 1918. On the night of October 11 Sergeant Schlesinger volunteered to recover the body of an American officer who had been killed while leading a raiding part, the body being left about 50 paces in front of the enemy positions. With a patrol of six men he proceeded on his mission, meeting heavy rifle and machine-gun fire. Ordering his men to retire, he, with one man of his patrol, covered the retirement, which was successfully accomplished. Although severely wounded, he continued his covering fire with automatic rifle and grenades, unassisted, and eventually reached his own lines.