George Drechsel
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Drechsel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Moulin de Guenoville, France, September 26, 1918. With three other soldiers, he advanced nearly 200 yards over an open hillside exposed to machine-gun fire and carried two wounded men to the protection of a nearby trench.
