Carl J. Maier
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 32, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Carl J. Maier, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Bois-de-Cheppy, near Meuse, France, September 26, 1918. Working with a patrol in an attack on an enemy machine gun, Private Maier crawled upon the emplacement and without assistance killed three enemy gunners and captured their machine gun.
