Roy H. Steininger
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 37, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy H. Steininger, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Medeah Ferme, France, October 4, 1918. After several men of his company had been wounded, Private Steininger repeatedly left cover, exposing himself in an open field to enemy machine-gun fire, in order to bring in wounded and administer first aid.