Albert Dietz
Home Town: Vincennes, IN
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Albert Dietz, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois-de- Fays, France, October 6, 1918. When one of Sergeant Dietz’s men was wounded and his clothing and bandolier of ammunition caught fire, he cried for help, and Sergeant Dietz left a place of safety and, regardless of his personal safety, went through intense machine- gun fire and rescued him.
