Edward Herter
Home Town: Chicago, IL
General Orders 71, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward Herter, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-de-Harville, France, November 10, 1918. On his own initiative Private Herter left shelter and crossed open ground, swept by machine-gun fire, to rescue a wounded comrade. Though himself severely wounded on the mission, he succeeded in carrying the soldier back to his own lines.
