Victor Herrmann
Home Town: Newark, NJ
General Orders No. 35, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Victor Herrmann, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Grand Pre, France, October 23, 1918. Private Herrmann, with his twin brother, Private First Class Bertrand Herrmann, voluntarily crossed an open field heavily swept by machine-gun fire, and assisted First Sergeant James P. Collins to carry to shelter their company commander, who had been mortally wounded.
