Clarence C. Schide
Home Town: Mason City, IA
General Orders No. 26, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Clarence C. Schide, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois-d’Ormont, France, October 12, 1918. Although severely wounded, Lieutenant Schide continued to lead his platoon over open ground and subjected to heavy artillery and machine-gun fire, until he received a second wound which necessitated his removal from the field in a critical condition.
