Andrew Irrgang
Home Town: Spades, IN
General Orders No. 44, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew Irrgang, Corporal, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bellicourt, France, September 29, 1918. After he had become separated from the rest of the platoon, Corporal Irrgang kept his squad together and broke up a machine-gun post, capturing the gunners and the gun. As his own gun had become disabled, he turned the captured gun around and fired 1,000 rounds from it, covering the advance of the infantry. He then continued to lead his squad forward under terrific artillery and machine- gun fire.
