Charles Heimerdinger
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders No. 46, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Charles Heimerdinger, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Landres-et-St. Georges, France, November 3, 1918. When machine-gun nests were rendering his position untenable Lieutenant Heimerdinger led a patrol of 12 men into the enemy’s lines, reducing the numbers of nests and returning with 20 prisoners. During his return his patrol was fired upon and two of his men wounded. He then took two of his men and kept a fire on the enemy until both his wounded and prisoners could be brought in.
