The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Nathaniel Alanson Burnell, II (ASN: 0-12337), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duties of great responsibility from 10 August 1946 to 10 August 1957, culminating as Chief of Army Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group Netherlands from 1954 to 1957.