Fred R. Weiss

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Fred R. Weiss, Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Montauville, France, October 24, 1918. When shell fire had ignited the powder store of his battery, Private Weiss, in his stocking feet, was the first to enter the dump, and single- handed, pulled numerous boxes of ammunition to safety, despite the danger from explosion and increased enemy shell fire.