John J. Auber
Home Town: Elm Grove, WV
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to John J. Auber, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Samogneux, France. November 1, 1918. While standing in the entrance of his dugout Private Auber saw a grenade, with fuse burning, rolling into the dugout where his comrades were sleeping. He picked up the grenade and attempted to throw it away, but it exploded in his hand, blowing off the hand and forearm.
