Edward W. Techel
Distinguished Service Cross
U.S. Army
World War I
General Orders No. 27, W.D., 1919
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Edward W. Techel, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the Bois Brabant-sur-Meuse, France, October 8, 1918. With four other soldiers Private Techel attacked eight German machine-guns, captured them and their crews in spite of determined resistance by the enemy.
