William J. Rinebold
Home Town: Athens, PA
Distinguished Service Cross
World War I
U.S. Army
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to William J. Rinebold, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Fismes, France, August 8 – 9, 1918, Private Rinebold volunteered and acted as guide for ambulances going to the most advanced points for the wounded. He made nine trips over a road subjected to heavy shell and machine-gun fire and was severely wounded by a shell fragment on his last trip.
