Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private

    Regiment:

    103d Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    July 20, 1918

    War Department, General Orders No. 125 (1918)

    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 Mellen F. Tuttle (ASN: 67163), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company B, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, on Hill 190, near Chateau-Thierry, France, 20 July 1918. When all of the men of the automatic-rifle team of which he was a member had been wounded, Private Tuttle voluntarily advanced alone, attacked a number of enemy machine-gun nests which were holding up the advance, and forced the enemy to retreat, thereby making possible the continued forward movement of his detachment.