Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    103d Machine-Gun Battalion

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 19, 1918

    War Department, General Orders 87 (1919)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private First Class Andrew W. Capwell (ASN: 110387), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company C, 103d Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in the Bois de la Brigade de Marines (Bois-de-Belleau), France, 19 July 1918. Private Capwell made 19 trips from the wood across a field swept by heavy machine-gun fire, carrying to shelter 18 soldiers and one officer, who had been wounded. He himself was wounded next morning by a shell-shocked soldier whom he was trying to aid.