Irvin H. Dresbach
Home Town: Hallsville, OH
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Irvin H. Dresbach, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Sommerance, France, October 14, 1918. Taking command of the platoon and also the advance patrol, when both their leaders had become casualties, and despite the fact that he was so severely gassed than he could hardly speak, Sergeant Dresbach pushed vigorously forward, compelling the enemy to run in confusion and causing them to surrender to a nearby division.
