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 Sergeant Alexander Campbell (ASN: 1735613), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company I, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, at Rembercourt, France, 23 September 1918. A shell landed in an observation post occupied by Sergeant Campbell and two other soldiers, seriously wounding all three. Though he himself had been struck in seven places, this soldier placed both his companions under shelter and then walked through the barrage to company headquarters where he sent stretcher bearers to the assistance of his wounded comrades, before securing first aid for himself.