Roy Weigel

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Roy Weigel, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near St. Mihiel, France, September 12, 1918. Sergeant Weigel showed entire disregard for his own safety in making several attempts to locate the positions of machine guns whose heavy fire was hindering the advance of his battalion. He was killed while leading a rush upon one of the guns which he had located.